Someone was trying to get a discount on that tow bill. Hard aground; I don’t think so! 😮

great job

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Earla!

excellent !!!

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Seashrimp!

Man that hurricane blew them from TN all the way down to your neck o' the woods in sunny FL.😉 Thanks for sharing Ken.

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Lol 😂 Thanks Mikey!

That must of been real expensive day that’s a long no wake ride

@CaptKenO

6 ай бұрын

It sure was, and that is why everyone who has a boat should have towing insurance

Seems like some customers just love to find something wrong lol I love these videos 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@CaptKenO

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha. Thanks Iceman! Most of the people will deal with are pretty good, but the few bad apples are why I started recording my jobs in the first place

Nice job. That looks like it took awhile

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Brian! I think total runtime on this job was somewhere around 9.5hrs

You where center channel and that was a slight rub on the mud 😂

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Haha! Not much else I could do about that 😂

Great job. Did they moor there and the tide went out or? Why do you pull with such a long line, more whip action or?

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Vancity! They actually tried towing it initially a few days before from the dock with a friends boat and it got blown into that little cove in the process...which is why they decided to call the professionals 😂 When ungrounding a boat, I pull with a long line so that I can get to deeper water, because when my boat squats under the tension of the towline, I don't want my props to be digging through the bottom

@vancity2349

11 ай бұрын

@@CaptKenO Ah...got it thanks!

guess it depends on whether damaged the running gear or rudders.

@CaptKenO

7 ай бұрын

You're not going to damage anything by a little bump like that in sand

All boats run the same risk of grounding. All you can do is stay in the channel and hope for the best. Some people are always looking for some one to blame. Deal with it.

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

That pretty much sums it up!

The little boat from EW pulled us off the bar NW of the Tom Adams Bridge at #6 about 8 years ago. If he thought you run him hard aground, I would think he would have been more upset about it at the time. What the heck was the guy doing in the mangroves anyway?

@CaptKenO

Ай бұрын

Oh, he was perfectly fine at the time. It was several days later when my boss tried to collect the rest of the money that he tried using that as an excuse to not pay the rest of the invoice

Whadda chump! Always looking for some other person to pay for their way of life. Good job Capt Ken!

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Peterbilt! Unfortunately some people just go through life that way 🤷

Made it look easy

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Jake!

what kind of botten did they hit thet while you towed them? soft mud? sand? rock?

@CaptKenO

7 ай бұрын

Either sand or mud. We don't really have rocks around here

That’s the thanks for you being nice and getting them to a safe place 👍👍

@CaptKenO

6 ай бұрын

Yep 😑

@JayDanielz

3 ай бұрын

As we say at the cycle shop I currently work, “No good deed goes unpunished”….

What does it matter that he ‘touched bottom’ if there was no damage caused. You can only keep to the channel. Why was the other Captain claiming he was ‘run hard aground’? He seemed such a nice fella, not the type who’d complain bitterly? Just goes to show, I suppose, you never can tell who is going to gripe when they receive a hefty tow bill?

@CaptKenO

Ай бұрын

Some people will do anything to get out of paying what they owe 😕

Hard Aground STOPs a boat ... that was nothing!

@CaptKenO

7 ай бұрын

Lol 😂 No kidding! He was just trying to get a discount on the cost of the job since he was paying out of pocket

What’s the tow bill for something like that? Or the hourly tow rate m?

@CaptKenO

9 күн бұрын

I forget what the total cost was...but for non members, it's $400/h

A lot depends on the amount of Damage.....scrap marks don't count ???

@CaptKenO

18 күн бұрын

There wouldn't be any damage and probably not even scratches

Engine failure both engines ?

@CaptKenO

12 күн бұрын

Don't know, but he wasn't making that trip on one engine either way

What a dbag, trying to accuse you of doing something wrong to get money off the tow. They probably cheat with everything else in life.

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Which is the whole reason I started recording my tows in the first place!

@paulholmes-vu1eh

7 ай бұрын

They must be democrats 😩

Hey Ken, the camera angle made that boat look like a floating ball 🤣 wasn't real sure what u were doing in this one, thought u were towing them out to go fishing.. rather expensive fishing day!!!! Ok No u did not run them aground hard, yes they hit but if they were under their own propulsion they would have hit anyway. ? Have u got flashing towing lights, to inform other boaties, that uv got a vessel under tow. Wow uv got a lot of bridges over there.

@CaptKenO

11 ай бұрын

Haha. Yeah. That fov on the 360 camera with something so close does look weird 😳 I sure do have flashing lights...but most people don't give a f**k

@seawench555

11 ай бұрын

@@CaptKenO Well they'd give a dam when they get decapitated from the tow rope, some people are just so stupid and irresponsible. Hava good one 👍

@user-vj8fk9pn2z

Ай бұрын

It did scrape the bottom so by definition it “ran aground” but what are you gonna claim 200ml of anti foul.