Getting Help is Easy... Just use any one of these procedures

   Hail “TowBoatUS” or “VESSEL ASSIST” on VHF Channel 16 – for Towing Assistance key your VHF mike and say “TowBoatUS, TowBoatUS, this is vessel (your boat’s name here) hailing TowBoatUS”.  Wait two minutes, if there is no response, try again.  Mariners on the West Coast will first hail “Vessel Assist, Vessel Assist” and then follow the same procedure.

   Contact TowBoatUS or VESSEL ASSIST directly by cell phone – Use your cell phone to call the closest TowBoatUS/VESSEL ASSIST Company listed in our on line Service Locator

   Call the BoatUS 24-Hour National Dispatch Center: 800-391-4869 – Via wireless phone or Coast Guard VHF relay. Be prepared to give your cell phone number to the Dispatcher so our Tower can contact you.  Our Dispatch crew will conference call you to the closest resource and make sure you are taken care of.