January 27, 2020
NEWS from BoatUS
Boat Owners Association of The United States
5323 Port Royal Rd, Springfield, VA 22151
BoatUS News Room at
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: D. Scott Croft, Vice President Public Affairs, 703-461-2864, SCroft@BoatUS.com
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 27, 2020 – Being a TowBoatUS towing captain means you spend a lot of time on the water assisting recreational boaters with routine issues like breakdowns or running aground. It also means that when boaters are in grave trouble, there is no hesitation to help. Seven captains who acted as good Samaritans to save lives in 2019 were recently honored by their peers at a ceremony held at the annual BoatUS Towing Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Jan. 23.
The captains serve TowBoatUS on-water towing locations in Jacksonville, Florida; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Racine, Wisconsin; Lake Allatoona, Georgia; Block Island, Rhode Island; St. Joseph, Michigan; San Francisco, California; and Ventura, California.
Woody Pollak Lifesaving Award
Meritorious Service Awards
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NOTE TO MEDIA: Additional details of these lifesaving actions are available by emailing Scott Croft at SCroft@BoatUS.com.
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About TowBoatUS:
Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) is the nation's leading advocate, services and safety group for recreational boaters. We are the Boat Owners Auto Club and provide our more than half-million members with a wide array of helpful services, including 24-hour on-water towing that gets you safely home when your boat won’t, jump starts, fuel delivery, and soft ungroundings. The TowBoatUS towing fleet is North America’s largest network of towing ports with more than 300 locations and over 600 red towing assistance vessels, responding to more than 70,000 requests for assistance each year. The BoatUS App makes it easy to summon water and road assistance 24/7 and can speed response times. For more information go to BoatUS.com/Towing.