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Capt. Richard Paul
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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 Lakeland / Winter Haven area. While growing up he spent most of his weekends on Little Gasparilla Island, where he fished, explored and helped his dad build a cabin. Richard always looked forward to the trips, but more because it meant he could go fishing than it was to help his dad build their weekend cabin.
Richard’s family moved into the cabin after it was completed, were they lived for more than a year. He remembers that living on the island had both its good and not so good of times. One thing he had to do, which he did not care for, was to take a boat everyday, rain or shine, to Eldreds Marina to catch the school bus.  |
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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 relocated to
North Fort Myers in 1960. He has lived in the Fort Myers/Cape Coral area since.
Growing up in North Fort Myers, Jay spent countless days fishing the Caloosahatchee
River and Matlacha Pass (when he could get a ride to the bridge). Throughout
his life, Capt. Jay has continued enjoying the waters of S.W. Fl. Having owned
a number of boats, Capt. Jay has fished both the local backwater and offshore
his entire life.
Graduating from high school in 1972, Jay started what turned out to be a 33
year career with Publix Super Markets, Inc.
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Capt. Ed Semon |
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 an Assistance Towing Endorsement. During
his Coast Guard career, Captain Ed was qualified as Coxswain [boat captain]
on board many small Coast Guard rescue boats. In addition, he was qualified
as a Deck Watch Officer aboard larger Coast Guard Cutters. These included 95
and 110-foot patrol boats as well as larger offshore patrol cutters up to 210
feet. Captain Ed’s Coast Guard career took him to diverse locations including
Alaska, Savannah, Georgia, Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers Beach, Florida. |
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 Capt. Ted |
Originally born in California, Capt.Ted moved to Fort Myers Beach with his family
in 2000 and has been on the water ever since. Growing up on boats of all
sizes coupled with the seamanship knowledge passed down from his father's
lifetime of experience, Ted feels more at home on the water than on land. Capt. Ted is a full time student majoring in Political Science at FGCU. Capt. Ted holds a 100
Ton Master Captain's license and captains our Fort Myers Beach Towboat, part-time, when not attending classes. |
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Capt. Larry Meyer |
Captain Larry Meyer joined TowBoatUS Cape Coral
in February 2004 after a lifetime of boating on the Ohio and other Western Rivers.
Captain Larry holds a 50 Ton U. S. Coast Guard Master License with Assistance
Towing Endorsement. In addition, he is a Federal Aviation Administration Licensed
private pilot and a PADI certified diver, throughout his long recreation boating
career he has owned numerous boats including two sailboats and a half-dozen
power boats. Of the numerous boats Captain Larry has owned, his current boat,
a classic 21-foot Christ Craft Sea Skiff, highlights the list. Built of plywood
and mahogany in a lapstrake design configuration, the boat is registered with
the Antique and Classic Boat Society. Captain Larry hails from Cincinnati, Ohio
and moved to Cape Coral in 2002 where he lives with his wife Peggy, and daughters
Molly and Mary Grace. His son Josh is a chef, working at restaurants throughout
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Captain Sean Steinberg |
Captain Sean Steinberg has lived in Cape Coral for over 20 years and joined Towboat U.S. Cape Coral in 2009. Sean was born in New York City to a family who built and imported boats. Captain Sean has been a part of the Edison Sailing Center in Down Town Fort Myers since he was 8 years old. Captain Sean holders a U.S.C.G. Masters license with several endorsements and certifications. Also a certified scuba diver for over 15 years and he holds a commercial drivers license. Captain Sean enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves in 2003 and is still currently stationed at Fort Myers Beach as a search & rescue crew member and law enforcement officer. The Coast Guard trained Sean to be a mechanic and over the years he used this training working such jobs from a Volvo Heavy Equipment technician locally, to a chief engineer on a 165’ oil rig supply vessel out of New Orleans, LA, and everything in-between. When Towboat needs a mechanic, Sean is usually called in. In Sean’s free time you can find him fishing all around Florida, or sailing anywhere in the Caribbean. Sean has sailed from Cape Coral to such places as Honduras, the Dry Tortugas, the Bahamas, and every island in-between. Sean currently lives on Fort Myers Beach and is Captain of Boat 6. |
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Captain Tom Lewis |
Captain Tom joined TowBoat US Cape Coral in 2009. Captain Tom holds a 100 Ton Masters with Towing Assist, Able Bodied Seaman, STCW, RFPNW, Survival Craft / Lifeboat, and TWIC. Tom acquired his seamanship skills while being employed by Military Sealift Command serving overseas in the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. While being employed at MSC Tom worked the deck department doing underway replenishment with fuel and cargo. Tom also worked as an underway helmsman at sea piloting an 800 foot fuel tanker as well as chart plotting, dead reckoning, weather and lookout.
Captain Tom moved from Columbus, Ohio in 2005 with his wife Linda of 39 years. Their oldest daughter resides at Dallas, Texas and youngest daughter lives in Cape Coral with their 3 grand children which they see as often as possible. After being out of country for a period of time there is nothing greater than being back in SW Florida around family and friends.
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Capt. Tyler Findeisen |
Bio Coming Soon |
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At Marine Towing and Salvage of Southwest Florida we are proud to serve the boating community, as the Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) licensed marine assistance provider in Southwest Florida.
TowBoatUS Cape Coral, Marine Towing and Salvage of S.W. Florida, offers marine assistance towing, fuel delivery, part delivery, jump starts, contract towing, marine salvage, diving services, and contract oil pollution clean-up services. |
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Understanding the difference between towing and salvage can save boaters money and aggrevation. Historically and legally, salvage is any voluntary and successful rescue of a boat., its cargo and/or its passengers from a peril at sea. BoatUS, however, narrows this definition. When contracting for towing services on behalf of its 650,000 members, it requires that marine assistance companies distinguish between simple towing and/or soft groundings and the more serious and expensive salvage efforts where distress or danger exist.
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We're not just a bunch of pretty faces....
Meet the captains who make sure you and your boat are safe!
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