Hi, all:

Please excuse the xpost to several boating discussion groups. I'm a
freelance writer and cruiser working on a piece about vessel towing
insurance. I'm interested in contacting folks who have had their
towing insurance cancelled or who were turned down for towing
insurance, preferably within the last couple of years.

Thanks for any help or leads you can give me.

Kitty Bennett
St. Pete Beach, FL

In article ,
Charlie Morgan wrote:

On 26 Feb 2007 10:50:26 -0800, "svequinox"
wrote:

I'm a freelance writer and cruiser working on a piece about vessel
towing insurance. I'm interested in contacting folks who have had
their towing insurance cancelled or who were turned down for towing
insurance, preferably within the last couple of years.

Thanks for any help or leads you can give me.

Kitty Bennett
St. Pete Beach, FL

I have heard one or two completely unsubstantiated stories about
people who have been refused for contract renewals due to what the
company considered "abuse" of the service. In other words, idiots who
needed towing or other assistance on a regular basis due to their own
incompetence. Are you expecting to find people who were turned down
for absolutely no reason? I've never heard of that, and I can't
imagine why it would happen.

CWM

A Towboat/US associate mentioned refusal to renew contracts, so I can
slightly substantiate the rumor, but I forget the specifics of the
story. I believe he was talking about the other towing outfit in our
area, though.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's NEW Pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

I know of one instance where a man had four very long tows in the first
two months of his contract. They cancelled him. I understand why.



I have heard one or two completely unsubstantiated stories about
people who have been refused for contract renewals due to what the
company considered "abuse" of the service. In other words, idiots who
needed towing or other assistance on a regular basis due to their own
incompetence. Are you expecting to find people who were turned down
for absolutely no reason? I've never heard of that, and I can't
imagine why it would happen.

CWM

A Towboat/US associate mentioned refusal to renew contracts, so I can
slightly substantiate the rumor, but I forget the specifics of the
story. I believe he was talking about the other towing outfit in our
area, though.

This is probably a very dumb question but ::::

Is it required that one own a boat to sign up for the Tow Boat USA
insurance?

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I know of one instance where a man had four very long tows in the first
two months of his contract. They cancelled him. I understand why.



I have heard one or two completely unsubstantiated stories about
people who have been refused for contract renewals due to what the
company considered "abuse" of the service. In other words, idiots who
needed towing or other assistance on a regular basis due to their own
incompetence. Are you expecting to find people who were turned down
for absolutely no reason? I've never heard of that, and I can't
imagine why it would happen.

CWM

A Towboat/US associate mentioned refusal to renew contracts, so I can
slightly substantiate the rumor, but I forget the specifics of the
story. I believe he was talking about the other towing outfit in our
area, though.

* NE Sailboat wrote, On 2/27/2007 6:55 PM:
This is probably a very dumb question but ::::

Is it required that one own a boat to sign up for the Tow Boat USA
insurance?

It isn't "insurance," its a service. You don't need to own a boat to
use it because it applies to boats you own, borrow, or charter.

http://www.boatus.com/towing/guide/agreetowboat.asp

wrote in :

A Towboat/US associate mentioned refusal to renew contracts, so I can
slightly substantiate the rumor, but I forget the specifics of the
story. I believe he was talking about the other towing outfit in our
area, though.




Yo! Skip! Has Towboat/US sent you the letter yet?.......(c;



Larry
--
I have a new strategy to protect the Mexican border. From the border
to inside the USA, 1 mile, we turn it into our OPEN PIT nuclear
waste dump, turning it into a no-mans-land for tens of thousands
of years. Anyone attempting to cross will simply be eaten alive
by neutrons! Problem solved!

Hey Larry ,, looks like we are going into recession. The market went down
bigtime today.

Question for the assholes in Washington: what happens to all the illegals
if the economy tanks? Who is going to take care of these people?

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"Larry" wrote in message
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wrote in :

A Towboat/US associate mentioned refusal to renew contracts, so I can
slightly substantiate the rumor, but I forget the specifics of the
story. I believe he was talking about the other towing outfit in our
area, though.




Yo! Skip! Has Towboat/US sent you the letter yet?.......(c;



Larry
--
I have a new strategy to protect the Mexican border. From the border
to inside the USA, 1 mile, we turn it into our OPEN PIT nuclear
waste dump, turning it into a no-mans-land for tens of thousands
of years. Anyone attempting to cross will simply be eaten alive
by neutrons! Problem solved!

"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
news:CW6Fh.2039$RN6.216@trndny07...
Hey Larry ,, looks like we are going into recession. The market went down
bigtime today.

Question for the assholes in Washington: what happens to all the illegals
if the economy tanks? Who is going to take care of these people?


Yeah, the Dow took a dump because of massive selling in...China. Scary, huh?
Think of what they could do if they REALLY wanted to screw with us.

In article Zx3Fh.30408$kr6.29541@trndny09,
"NE Sailboat" wrote:

This is probably a very dumb question but ::::

Is it required that one own a boat to sign up for the Tow Boat USA
insurance?

it's actually not a dumb question.

If you charter or go out with friends regularly, you might want to join
BOAT/U.S. to get the towing service. I probably wouldn't, but it (like
any sort of insurance/shared cost agreement) might make you feel better.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's NEW Pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

CLK .. or .. KLC...

When there is less money in China, there will be less money in China buying
our debt.

So .. when we offer bonds and there isn't a buyer ?? The bond payoff,
interest must be raises to get the buyer interested.

What did I learn in business school .. when stocks go down, bonds go up.
The problem? A bond is debt, an IOU.

The way I figure; this is just the beginning. The USA has been spending
money like a crazy drunk for years. That is money that the Federal Govt.
does not have. The money came from selling debt. The bonds. To who? The
Chinese.

Let's see; we have the war in Iraq .. billions of dollars wasted on heathen
barbarians. Then there is Afganistan. Would be much cheaper to just drop a
couple of nukes, the whole place would be unliveable. End of that problem.

We are letting our country be overrun by Mexicans and other third world
illegal tresspassers who are coming here and driving down wages.

Taxes eat up more than half what we earn. Take the Federal tax, the state
taxes, the fees [ can't even park and go for a hike in the White mtn's
anymore without a fee ].

Home Land security. Billions of dollars for people who do nothing.

And it is all based on the Chinese buying debt. And yesterday the Chinese
stock market tanked.


HELLO?

The revolution is coming ... sure as ****.

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"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
et...

"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
news:CW6Fh.2039$RN6.216@trndny07...
Hey Larry ,, looks like we are going into recession. The market went
down bigtime today.

Question for the assholes in Washington: what happens to all the
illegals if the economy tanks? Who is going to take care of these
people?


Yeah, the Dow took a dump because of massive selling in...China. Scary,
huh? Think of what they could do if they REALLY wanted to screw with us.