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Richard Paul

Capt. Richard Paul Co-Owner

Capt. Richard Paul holds a U.S. Coast Guard 50 Ton Master near Coastal License, with an Assistance Towing Endorsement. Richard is a certified PADI diver, he is also certified as an Oil Spill 1st Responder Hazardous Material Technician (HAZMAT). Capt. Richard Paul was born in Leesburg, Florida and grew up in the Lakelan...

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Jay McMillin

Capt. Jay McMillin Co-Owner

Capt. Jay McMillin holds a U.S. Coast Guard 50 gross ton Master License, Near Coastal with Assistance Towing Endorsement. Additionally, he is certified as an Oil Spill 1st Responder Hazardous Material Technician (HAZMAT), and a certified scuba diver. Captain Jay McMillin was born in Pennsylvania, Jay’s family rel...

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Ed Semon

Capt. Ed Semon Senior Captain

Captain Ed Semon joined Towboat U.S. Cape Coral in October 2001, after a 20 year U. S. Coast Guard career. A resident of Cape Coral, Captain Ed is our senior captain. During his five years with the company, he has assisted hundreds of Southwest Florida boaters. He holds a 100 Gross Ton Master near Coastal License with ...

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Ryan Hennecy

Capt. Ryan Hennecy

Capt Ryan Hennecy is originally from Lakeland, FL. As a teenager he spent time in Boston, MA where he boated and fished out of Hampton Beach and the Merrimack River. After high school he moved to Auburn, NY where he spent many days fishing and boating in Cayuga Lake and other finger lakes, as well as Lake Ontario. He m...

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Billy Schmacker

Capt. Billy Schmacker

Capt Billy Schmacker joined Tow Boat US in March of 2015. He holds a US Coast Guard 25 Ton Master Near Coastal license. Certified Oil 1st Responder Hazardous Material Technician. Certified Diver. He was born and raised in South Florida spending most of his time in Cape Coral growing up and playing in the coastal waters...

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Ray Bole
01:24 16 Apr 26
Very prompt and professional
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John Witt
21:22 04 Apr 26
Yesterday I had an engine problem on my newly purchased sailboat. I had so many problems with my 1980 Morgan 382 and nothing went as planned on moving it to where I live in Melbourne. Long story short, I ended up motoring it off shore south from St. Pete. The sail plan I had come up failed for all the anchorage locations and inlets to the ICW weren’t accessible due to channels being too shallow or low bridges. So I motored over night and concluded Fort Myers Beach was the best option. I got within about 6 nm from Moss Marina where I was heading to and had engine failure. I called BoatUS and got wonderful service. Paul the tow boat operator was awesome and so helpful. Tonya who I dealt on the phone with was equally helpful. Both went above what I expected. They both gave me a measure of comfort after so many things went wrong and got me to a marina where I could rest and feel safe.
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Estero Island Parasail
17:45 04 Apr 26
Great team! A must have for anyone on the water. Paul is fantastic, he knows exactly what to do when you need a tow.
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SEL
21:24 01 Apr 26
Within a half an hour towboat US was there to tow me back in, Paul tied up my 38 footer brought it back to my dock landed perfectly couldn’t ask for a better captain👍
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Joe Banta
15:15 29 Mar 26
James knows his stuff. Had engine problems James showed up quickly towed me right to the dock . Very knowledgeable
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Mike Murphy
23:10 02 Mar 26
Engine would not start. Paul responded promptly and towed us all the way to our dock!
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Jana Barnard
19:01 02 Mar 26
Amazing service. Got stuck on the Chahasatchpee river from my dads house. i’m on vacation to see my dad and his boats engine died😱 Guys were very good with communication, updating on time. We waited bout an hour, enjoyed the sun tbh and the tow personnel was very professional and accurate. Thus membership saved us $1000 for a tow! Highly reccommend
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Jane Cooke
17:49 21 Feb 26
Paul came quickly to our aid and solved the issue we had. He was courteous and super helpful and skilled. He waited for us to get going and gave us contact info if we had any further problems.
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Jack Cunningham
18:05 10 Feb 26
Couldn’t be more pleased with the service. Very communicative, prompt and Paul was very helpful! Wouldn’t own a boat in SW Florida without this service!
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Anthony Morris
17:27 21 Jul 24
Paul came out and helped us while anchored off of the Sanibel lighthouse. Our starter wasn’t turning the engine over. After a couple of taps with hammer and a jump pack it fired right back up.

Thanks for being out there willing to help us when things don’t go the way we expect them to.

If you have a boat you absolutely need to have a TowBoat US membership.

Thank you again Paul.
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