TowBoatUS Opens Location on Lake Travis

BoatUS yesterday announced that Capt. Skylar Smith opened a TowBoatUS operation on Lake Travis in central Texas. Smith’s business will provide towing, soft ungrounding, jumpstarts and fuel drop-off services, with two boats operating out of West Beach Marina.

“I’m excited to own my own business helping folks on the water with the unexpected,” Smith said in a statement. “Battery jumps, freeing fouled tow lines and providing soft ungroundings are some of the more common reasons boaters call us for assistance. Of course, no one plans on having a breakdown, but it happens, and we’re there to get you home.”

BoatUS said that at 27, Houston native Smith is among the youngest TowBoatUS operators in a network of more than 300 locations that responded to 80,000-plus requests for assistance last year.