{"id":1143,"date":"2020-09-10T14:06:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seatow.com\/blog\/this-summer-saw-a-34-increase-in-on-water-assistance-requests\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:32:27","slug":"this-summer-saw-a-34-percent-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seatow.com\/this-summer-saw-a-34-percent-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Distancing Naturally Results in 34% Increase in On-Water Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social distancing has become a top priority in 2020 and as a result many of you, our members,\u00a0 have taken to the water to do so naturally. Overall, the boating industry saw record numbers throughout the summer season; from sales and on-water traffic to the need for on-water assistance. Boating is up and new boaters have been flooding the market like never before.<\/p>\n

Here at Sea Tow, we found that from Memorial Day Week to Labor Day weekend, requests for on-water assistance increased by 34% compared to the same timeframe in 2019.<\/h4>\n

While the number of requests has increased, the type of services has remained the same when compared year-over-year. \u201cWe\u2019re still providing the same types of services, we\u2019re just doing a lot more of them this summer,\u201d said Sea Tow President, Kristen Frohnhoefer. \u201cIn fact, our captains helped over 60,000 people who were out boating this summer season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sea Tow Captains are on-scene in an average of one hour or less. The top five services Sea Tow provided included:<\/p>\n