Damaged Rudder, Wrong Slip, No Answer — Business as Usual at BBM | Tow 36ft Catalina

Get your own Olight Oclip Pro S and help support my channel by using this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJ688L2V?... Check out the Regal Salvage Video here: Boat Sinking, Attitude Soaring, and I'm Ju... Have you ever watched my videos and thought, wow! that's a cool job I want to do? Well, now is your opportunity because we are looking for a full-time or part-time captain to run our boat on the Manatee River, so if you live in the Palmetto/Bradenton area and have a minimum of a 6-pack with towing endorsement, contact Mike Blunt at [email protected] Now that all of that is out of the way...I got a call late last night for a scheduled job this morning from Marina Jack to Bradenton Beach Marina. Other than the fact I hate going to that marina because there’s almost always a problem with the marina answering the phone, having the space available they said they would, or even being able to get to the spot they want us…it was supposed to be a relatively easy tow paying a good amount of money because insurance got involved due to a mishap they had the day before coming in through Big Pass. As any locals know, and most of you from watching my videos should know by now, Big Pass can be kinda sketchy for a boat with any sort of draft on a good day, and downright dangerous on a high wind day, especially if you don’t know the waters. Well, this couple found that out the hard way. As they were coming in through the south side on a day with Northwest winds exceeding 25kts, they hit bottom and ended up getting pushed onto the northwest tip of Siesta Key, where they got bashed around for over 90 minutes while they made a call to the coast guard, who ended up calling the other towing company to go pull them free. Not sure why we didn’t get the call since they were our members and had Geico hull insurance (our parent company), but I digress. Anyways, the tow goes without any trouble until, you guessed it, we get to Bradenton Beach Marina and go to put the boat where we were told to (the haul out slip). Thankfully, my boss had come down with my main boat after a fresh interior paint job and an engine service so we could swap it for the Prokat I was running and went ahead to check to make sure the spot was open. As you’ve probably guessed already, it wasn’t, but there was a spot open on the other side of the fairway going in, so after trying to contact the marina to no avail, I swapped hip tow sides, and proceeded to put the boat in the one open spot. However, right as I was getting ready to untie, one of the dock staff comes walking down the dock and told me to move the boat to the haul out. I told him there’s no room, and the lift isn’t set for us, and he says they’ll get it set. Well, WTF didn’t you do that before we got here? You knew we were coming… Join this channel to get access to perks: @captkeno ***Affiliate Links: Amazon Storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/floridagu... Camera used -Insta360 X5 https://amzn.to/3ML0605 *** Boat Gear USA https://boatgearusa.com/captken Use Code CAPTKEN10 for 10% off Camel City Mill Socks https://www.camelcitymill.com Use Code CAPTKEN10 for 10% off -Gusto Payroll Service https://gusto.com/d/kennethc97b77a0 *** AI-Generated Description: So Bradenton Beach Marina — and I say this with love, or whatever the nautical equivalent of love is — has never once made my life easier. Not once. You'd think statistically they'd stumble into competence occasionally. You would be wrong. Every single time I have a job going in there, I already know before I leave the dock that something is going sideways. I should start a bingo card. But the marina isn't even the first act here — it's the finale. The opening act happened the day before, in Big Pass. If you've watched this channel for more than ten minutes you know Big Pass is not a place you want to be improvising, especially on a day with northwest winds exceeding 25 knots. This couple found that out the hard way coming in through the south side, hit bottom, and got pushed up onto the northwest tip of Siesta Key — where they sat getting bashed around for over 90 minutes. Coast guard gets called, coast guard calls in a tow assist, and here's where it gets fun: they call the other company. Not us. Despite these being our members. Despite them having Geico hull insurance, which is our parent company. So I get a late night call for a morning tow — Marina Jack to Bradenton Beach, insurance involved, good money. My boss comes down with the freshly serviced main boat so we can swap, heads ahead to check on the slip. Tow itself goes smooth as glass. I'm almost in a good mood. Then I get to Bradenton Beach. The haul-out slip they told us to use — the one they've known about since the night before — is occupied.