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.

Police Boat Rescued By Helicopter

Police Boat Rescued From Niagara River By Helicopter | digtriad.com. The [police] boat got stuck on Saturday when two Parks Police officers got lost in the fog, during a rescue mission. Great video of an Army Helicopter lifting a police boat out of the Niagara River. Not much in the story about how the police [...]

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June 26, 2011 Read the full article →

TWI: towing while intoxicated.

Really not the kind of story we want to see. Tow boat captain rescued stranded sailors, then took them on drunken boat ride. A drunken tow boat captain was busted after turning a rescue mission into a booze cruise, driving in circles until he ran out of gas, authorities charged. While RRR doesn’t like to [...]

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June 22, 2011 Read the full article →

Lost Boaters Found with BoatUS Towing App

More “Lost” Boaters Found with BoatUS Towing App. TowBoatUS Ocean City’s Capt. Patti Kearney says, “We solved the problem by advising the boaters to download the BoatUS Smart Phone App.” Once the couple completed this easy task, the BoatUS dispatcher was automatically provided the vessel’s precise latitude and longitude information, and Capt. Kearney was able to [...]

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June 18, 2011 Read the full article →

2010 Boating Accidents Report

Every year, the U.S. Coast Guard compiles statistics on reported recreational boating accidents. These statistics are derived from accident reports that are filed by the owners / operators of recreational vessels involved in accidents. The fifty states, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia submit accident report data to the Coast Guard for inclusion [...]

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June 17, 2011 Read the full article →

Stepped-Up Security Checks Anger Boaters – NYTimes.com

Stepped-Up Security Checks on Hudson Anger Boaters – NYTimes.com. “It feels like every agency and municipality on the Hudson has a boat, and they’re all out there trying to justify themselves by finding someone doing something wrong. It’s just gotten out of control.” Yet, it seems like every agency and municipality in the country has [...]

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June 11, 2011 Read the full article →

Fire dept cutbacks blamed for suicide drowning

The internet has been ablaze with forum posts and blogs about an incident that happened last week out in San Francisco Bay. It seems a guy wanted to commit suicide, and he walked out into Alameda Bay and sort of waited for hypothermia to  take over. Meanwhile, folks ashore just watched. In the audience was [...]

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June 5, 2011 Read the full article →