A No tow

Posted by Greybeard on Sep 23rd, 2009 in Fishing, Local, News and weather | Comments Off

This afternoon we decided to try a quick troll of the river to see if any Salmon had started showing up (No).   In the process we ran across a good sized cruiser stalled on the corner of the river.  (around 26-27 ft)

The fellows in the cruiser called me over and asked for a tow back to their dock.   Being somewhat of a decent pirate,  I agreed to try.   NOTE:  my river trolling boat is the 17ft aluminum “Alaskan”.   We tied on a rope and quickly learned that a small light boat,  doesn’t have much luck towing a large heavy boat.  (They had about 10 people on the cruiser)   As soon as the rope tightened, my boat would quickly slew sideways toward the bank.  We tried rigging it a couple of ways,  but the river just wasn’t wide enough.

We untied and offered a ride for help,  but they all stayed on the boat.   A little later I saw them being towed by a boat of nearly the same size.   We had suggested they call BoatUS,  but I guess none of them were members.   BoatUS offers a great deal on towing in the Great Lakes,   for about 59 bucks,  your covered for a year.    Seems pretty cheap,  if you’re the guy with the dead boat.



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