Red Right Returning presents news, notes and commentary about the marine assistance & salvage industry. This web site is published by Douglas Gould, and is not affilitated with any towing company or membership network. Its just one guy's opinion.

Private tower losing jobs to PD in Rochester NY

This story appeared two days after my last post about this issue. Marine towing policies making waves off Rochester | Democrat and Chronicle click the link and read the entire article But the lanky 22-year-old skipper contends that his relationship with the primary law enforcement agency patrolling the waters off Rochester is unsalvageable because of [...]

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August 14, 2011 Read the full article →

“A falling tide grounds all boats.”

Tina Cardone wrote a nice editorial for the CPORT newsletter, copied here: Lesson from the dawn of our industry: it’s about the money. Ronald Reagan’s administration asked the USCG to accomplish two things. First, privatize when possible. Second, find more funding for drug interdiction. The USCG’s answer created the marine assistance industry, and the federal [...]

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August 7, 2011 Read the full article →

Flying dinghy accident leaves 2 dead.

A few years ago, I posted this video called The Flying Hungarians.   This week, a similar craft crashed in South Carolina, and sadly two people were killed. http://www.wistv.com/story/15118473/plane-crash-kills-2 Dinghy flying at its worst….

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July 29, 2011 Read the full article →

Sheriff’s boat sinks at dock

Sheriff’s boat sinks in shallow-water mystery | Tacoma – The News Tribune. I love the photo that goes with the story: 10, count ‘em, 10 guys standing on the dock looking at the sunken boat. One of them is even pointing into the water! Lots of badges, suits and cell phones… (hat tip to BitterEnd [...]

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July 20, 2011 Read the full article →

Comment on NTSB findings

After rushing off to do some towing the other day, I now have time to put some comments down in enk (electronic ink). First, here is the link to the NTSB one page synopsis of the pending full accident report (which is due out in a few weeks): http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2011/sandiego_ca/synopsis.html The NTSB clearly lays the blame [...]

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July 17, 2011 Read the full article →

NTSB Blames USCG in San Diego collision

NTSB says USCG patrol boat’s speed was “excessive”. The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday determined that the probable cause of a 2009 collision in San Diego Bay between a United States Coast Guard patrol boat and a recreational motorboat was due to the excessive speed of the Coast Guard boat in nighttime conditions in an [...]

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July 13, 2011 Read the full article →

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