Steering goes away...........

bgreene · #1 05-12-2015, 08:29 PM

Yup, off Asbury Park, ocean, steering goes pop, goodbye.

Waited 3 hours for SEATOW, but that's another story.........

Shorted out something too. Not the best of fishing days.

Repair planned for next week.

Blue_Runner · #2 05-13-2015, 08:55 AM

hydraulic or cable?

Had a cable pop on the lake running about 25 mph. She took a hard right and was able to get off plane before I hit a dock. Thank goodness I wasn't running 40+. Replaced with another cable, that one got goofed up too, so went hydraulic after that. It has been worth the $

capt chuck · #3 05-13-2015, 04:02 PM

Get Boat US and hydraulic steering

smokeonthewater · #4 05-13-2015, 05:44 PM

Once when I had a steering cable break I lashed a boat hook to the motor and kept going w tiller steering

Another time the steering cable failed on my 10' jet boat so I disconnected it at the nozzle and kept going... I steered by moving my body weight side to side.

tow boat? we don't need no stinking tow boat... lol

step up here · #5 05-13-2015, 07:46 PM

I had sea tow also had a bad experience and it was not on my boat. I agree I now have Boat US!!!

bgreene · #6 05-13-2015, 08:16 PM

I wrote a complaint and submitted it to SEATOW, plus called them and posted on Bass Barn.

No joke...... waited a total of 3 hours while the tow captain originally told me 1 hour.

steplift20 · #7 05-13-2015, 08:25 PM

Off asbury ? See any great whites out there

THEFERMANATOR · #8 05-13-2015, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bgreene

I wrote a complaint and submitted it to SEATOW, plus called them and posted on Bass Barn.

No joke...... waited a total of 3 hours while the tow captain originally told me 1 hour.

Better hope they don't try and say it was a salvage, and they take your boat through a backdoor title lien for the tow. Theres PLENTY of cases of seatow doing just this to MANY boaters who were in no danger, but seatow called it a salvage instead of a tow, and stoal there boats in the process. You might not even know about it for several weeks while they file the paperwork. Do a search if you don't think it's happened before.

bgreene · #9 05-13-2015, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

Better hope they don't try and say it was a salvage, and they take your boat through a backdoor title lien for the tow. Theres PLENTY of cases of seatow doing just this to MANY boaters who were in no danger, but seatow called it a salvage instead of a tow, and stoal there boats in the process. You might not even know about it for several weeks while they file the paperwork. Do a search if you don't think it's happened before.

A. I have the SEATOW receipt showing the word written by the captain as TOWING .
B. We remained on the boat at all times - no claim of salvage possible.
C. Boat didn't sink so no salvage issue.

THEFERMANATOR · #10 05-13-2015, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bgreene

A. I have the SEATOW receipt showing the word written by the captain as TOWING .
B. We remained on the boat at all times - no claim of salvage possible.
C. Boat didn't sink so no salvage issue.

They've been known at least down here in S Florida to not give receipts, just the tow. They don't have to remove you from your boat to consider it a salvage, all they have to say is you were in eminant danger, and the tow was for your safety. There were a couple of documented cases of boats that were not taking on water, but they put a pump on board just in case and claimed it was a salvage operation. If you do some searches on it, you will drop SEATOW in a blink of an eye over there shady tactics they have used.