BOAT SALVAGE & TOWING
Red Cap Marine has over 40,000 lbs of lift bag capacity (with more available) & has salvaged powerboats & sailboats up to 44' length in Lake Champlain. We have also salvaged vehicles from various lakes & rivers.
Our 24' 300hp work boat is available for both scheduled non-emergency towing, as well as rapid response 24-hour emergency salvage & tow.
We are a towing provider for GEICO/BoatUS, Progressive Insurance, & other insurance services.
We have several hundred feet of containment boom available to deploy immediately & have worked with the VT Dept of Environmental Conservation on fuel & oil spill management.
Some recent salvage jobs:
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21' Four Winns hard aground off South Hero, VT (2020)
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24' Sylvan pontoon boat hard aground near Appletree Pt (2020)
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36' houseboat sunk in Malletts Bay (2019)
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37' Tartan sailboat aground in Charlotte (2019)
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31' sailboat hard aground in Isle La Motte (2019)
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28' Bayliner beached on Colchester Point (2019)
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27' Pontoon boat, boat lift & dock in North Hero (2019)
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25' Bayliner sunk in 80' depth near Stave Island (2019)
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31' Bayliner swamped north of the Grand Isle Ferry (2019)
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2008 Ford Ranger in Lake Memphremagog, Newport (2019)
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2010 Chevy Equinox in Missisquoi River, Swanton (2019)
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24' Hurricane bowrider sunk off South Hero (2019)
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2001 Dodge Dakota sunk in Orwell, VT (2019)
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36' Beneteau sloop sunk in Rouses Point (2018)
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36' Bayliner powerboat hard aground on Allen Pt Reef (2018)
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36' Gibson houseboat sunk in Malletts Bay (2018)
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30' Carver powerboat sunk in Otter Creek (2018)
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44' Bluewater houseboat aground at North Beach (2018)
We've also salvaged many smaller boats not listed, & can be somewhat flexible on price if you do not have boaters insurance -- please contact us for rates & details.
Please note that as of May 2018, Vermont passed a law that makes boat owners legally responsible to remove sunken vessels from the water, regardless of whether they are leaking fuel/oil.
Here is a timelapse of a 31' sailboat salvage. We used 10,000 lbs of lift bags to protect the hull & the boat was refloated successfully with no additional damage.