CRMA Season Pass
Now available, the Columbia River Marine Assistance Season Pass, only $99/year. For more information and details click here.
Be sure you don't get caught without a towing and assistance plan this season. Prepay for all your marine assistance needs for an entire boating season. The best deal on the river! Call or click above for more details and to sign up for your Season’s Pass
Boat Stuck?
If you need boat towing or marine assistance around Portland, Oregon, on the Columbia River or Willamette River, give us a call at 503 349 4401. Dead Battery, out of gas, line wrapped in your prop? We can handle these things and get you back boating ASAP.
Do you want the best value around for a comprehensive boat towing package?
Check out our Season Pass, only $99.
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Please join us in supporting the Sail for the Cure, Columbia River Marine Assistance is providing free on water assistance and towing for the participants of Sail for the Cure during the event on Sept 25th 2011
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Seems like summer is coming to a close the same way it finally showed up, wet, cold and windy. There are still some fine days for boating left though, don't go winterizing the boat just yet!
Labor Day weekend was jammin, along with the usual tows, ungroundings and jumpstarts, we un-sunk a 21 foot ski boat that found some shallow rocks, see pics on Facebook.
July 4th Weekend was incredible, lots of boaters out enjoying the sunny weather. Riverplace was packed and Captain Ace traded shifts with Captain Rhys driving Tugger One around and doing jumpstarts, fuel drops and a couple tows. Ashley worked hard as deckhand. Captain Ron spent the weekend on the Columbia with Tugger Too and pulled several boaters out of trouble spots and even one right during the Ft. Vancouver fireworks show.
Our PFD giveaway ended on June 21st with Nat Powning the winner, Congrats Nat!
June 1st, A quick dive job this morning to untangle a line from a sailboat prop, tomorrow we are towing a small sailboat from Hayden Bay to Danish Marine.
Don't let the media scare you, although the river is right at flood stage, its only the Corps of Engineers spilling the dam to make room for snow melt. The river has been at 17-18 feet above MLLW for a couple weeks now and although its running faster than usual, there is still great boating to be had. Sailors be sure you can make way against a couple knots of current and be cautious if you moor where there is current.
We un-sunk a 36 foot boat at a local marina on Tuesday May 3rd, see the photos on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/BoatTow
May 7th was opening day and amidst the heavy rain a couple cloud breaks managed to show up. Congrats to Tyee YC for their first place finish.
April 25th, A small sailboat had an engine problem near the RR bridge, we towed them back into Tomahawk Bay.
April 23rd, A sailboater ran out of fuel near Lemon Island this morning after spending the night at the Gov. Is east dock. We dropped 3 gallons of gas to get them going.
April's first weekend fooled us all. The temp came up as the sun came out and everyone thought summer showed up early. There were lots of boaters out enjoying the spring conditions and a few needed a hand. One of our members had a problem with moisture in the distributor and their motor quit just 50 feet from Donaldson's fuel dock. Luckily we had just delivered another customer into his slip at Rogers and were only a minute away.
National Safe Boating Week starts May 21st.
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