Towing Services

• Affiliation with BoatUS, the nation’s largest association of recreational boat owners, representing the towing industry’s biggest single source of potential customers
• Ability to trade upon the BoatUS name, the most recognizable brand in the recreational boating business.
• Ability to direct-bill BoatUS, with guaranteed payment for covered services.
• Dispatch support from the BoatUS 24-hour National Dispatch Center, the best dispatch operation in the marine towing industry.
• Association with BoatUS Towing Services, the nation’s largest network of on-water towing companies.
• Your company listed in the boating industry’s only national Towing Directory, with over 600,000 copies distributed annually.
• Free promotion of your company through BoatUS’ extensive national advertising program, including print advertising, the World Wide Web and boat shows.
• Generous advertising funds to help you promote your business locally.
• Exclusive service areas.
• Membership sales incentives.
• Wholesale prices on products from the broadest range of manufacturers and vendors in the boating business.

What must you have to join the BoatUS fleet?

• A commitment to outstanding customer service and superior professional standards.
• Availability 24-hours a day, 7 days a week during the boating season.
• A valid U.S. Coast Guard captain's license with assistance towing endorsement. (Inland requirements may vary.)
• Previous boating industry experience.
• A well maintained, properly equipped and marked towing vessel.
• Appropriate business insurance.
• Compliance with Department of Transportation regulations regarding mandatory drug testing
• Ability to travel to our corporate headquarters for orientation training and annual Conference.