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Skip Johnson's avatar

Towing is included with our insurance for our Yamaha 190SX. We ran up on an unmarked and uncharted gravel shoal in the middle of Lake Tenkiller ( I thought we were in 20' of water based on available chart). Insurance company didn't have any towing service within 500 miles or more but did reimburse us for the towing we did find. Wife and I, her 99 year old mother and a couple we had known for decades were in the boat. A weekday late in the day, we were fortunate to have some boaters stop and offer assistance. Boat was hard aground in 6" of water and it was going to take professional help to get back to floating. One boat took all the passengers back to the ramp we'd launched from and I planned on staying with the boat til morning and then perhaps find some help pulling the boat off the shoal. Some time on the phone with state police led to a conversation with a local dive boat operator who came out with his wife in a work boat geared for towing and pulled the Yamaha off the shoal and towed me back to boat ramp. $550 fee `was reasonable and reimbursed by insurance.

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Nate Rooks's avatar

Jonathan, believe your anchor was caught on a sunken car there in Reid. I’ve heard there are a couple of nasty items to foul on around that dock from a long time ago. Sorry one got you!

Just like I subscribe to AAA for peace of mind on the road, I do BoatUS with towing as well to lessen the anxiety whether I’m on a motor boat, camp cruiser, or big cruiser. I’m grateful I haven’t had to use it yet but the dozen-plus times I thought I might it was a very reassuring to know help was available.

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