Captains with the nation’s largest fleet of towboats for recreational boaters spend a lot of time on the water. As they routinely respond to boats with dead batteries, broken motors or running aground incidents – over 70,000 such requests for assistance annually – eventually they’re bound to run into real danger. 

Baltimore Marine Recovery, was recently recognized at the annual TowBoatU.S. conference for its superior operational and administrative performance in 2015.

In 1966, boaters could buy a new mid-sized cruiser for about $7,000, outboard engines had just surpassed 100 horsepower, and recreational boating was growing on a large scale across America.