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What WOULD the Coast Guard charge?

Yesterday, we wondered aloud about the question of whether the USCG would ever actually charge for a non-emergency response to rescue foolish, or reckless boaters. I ended that post with “I wonder what the hourly costs for running a 47′ MLB are?” The question somewhat rhetorical in nature, as I figured that the answer was [...]

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December 30, 2008 Read the full article →

Traveler’sGate?

I use a service called FeedBurner that helps me keep track of how often people actually visit RRR, and manage the email subscription service. The graphic here shows the top six most visited pages for the last 30 days. (click on it for a larger view) My post about Traveler’s Insurance buying back their umbrella [...]

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September 30, 2008 Read the full article →

They Just Won’t Pay That Much!

I hear that all the time from colleagues around the county when we discuss what their retail hourly rates are, or should be, or could be. (When I say retail, I’m referring to your non-member, no discount, non-emergency run-or-the-mill assistance towing rate.) If I say, “Oh, we charge $xxx/hr for non-members”, they often reply “Oh [...]

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May 27, 2008 Read the full article →

Can We Salvage Our Vocabulary?

Many years ago, the powers that be carefully laid out the distinction between salvage and towage. The U.S. Supreme Court may have been the very first to coin the term simple towage. Isn’t it ironic that simple towage came into use precisely as a way to explain that most towing of disabled vessels is, in [...]

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March 15, 2008 Read the full article →

Lowering prices may cost you

Pricing for your hourly services is should be a hot topic for this industry, but resistance to the possibility of higher prices continues pervade throughtout, especially in some of the smaller markets. At C-PORT last month, I still heard the “our customers won’t pay that much” mantra. You may remember that I blogged about this [...]

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March 10, 2008 Read the full article →

Bracing for a slow year

Regular readers will remember that I contend that our industry is somewhat resistant to a slowing economy or recessionary pressures. This is based on my observation that during an economic slowdown, the diehard boaters continue to go boating, but skimp on their maintenance spending, which leads to a higher percentage of the active boaters breaking [...]

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February 29, 2008 Read the full article →

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