BK, why don't you just say what you wanted/expected MP to do? Tow you to a gas dock? Where? How far away? What about the traffic detail they were assigned? Abandon that and let dozens, maybe hundreds of boats go wild while the MP unit was tied up towing your one boat back to wherever? Your expectations and attitude may have influenced the officer, but their policy is still not to tow boats unless life, limb or property are at risk, and only tow far enough to remove the vessel from danger. The fact that another boater gave you a tow is evidence that help was available. If that boater would have towed you to shore, would you have been happy then? You claimed that gas was three miles away and you had to walk, so your problems wouldn't be over at shore. Was that the responsibility of the boater who helped you?
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