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TowBoatUS Captain Saves Boat Owner from Drowning, Crocodiles

The owner of a 40-foot Silverton owes his life to the fast thinking of Captain Lee Hartman, who drives a TowBoatUS vessel out of Black Point Marina south of Miami. We know that Hartman definitely saved the owner from drowning; he probably saved the man from being attacked by the saltwater crocodiles who live there. Hartman was just honored at the annual BoatUS Towing Conference in Arlington, Virginia. He happened to be in the right place at the right time, but his refusal to give up saved the owner’s life. Black Point Marina is the largest public marina in Miami.…

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TowBoatUS Boat Capsizes, Captain Drowns in Frigid North Carolina Water

A 21-foot TowBoatUS boat capsized in the mouth of the Pungo River near Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, while it was towing a 47-foot recreational boat at 1:20 in the morning. After a search by the Coast Guard (pictured top) and as many as ten local boats, the body of the captain, James W. Cleary, Jr., 45, of Belhaven, was found two days later, only 50 feet from where his boat had capsized. Cleary left a wife, two daughters and a son. We don’t have any details about the tragedy, other than that Coast Guard watchstanders at Station Hobucken received a call…