BoatU.S launches new program for club/tourney anglers
In preparing for the 2007 season – Bass Club Digest’s sixteenth
– a major advertiser commented to me that he thought it
remarkable that over 93 percent of our readers owned at least
one bass boat.
Apparently, he hasn’t been in or around a bass club. We live
for our boats. We treat them like babies on land and like
construction equipment on the water. To a bass club tournament
fisherman, his boat is his most prized possession.
Bass club members have now come to the attention of BoatU.S.
– Boat Owners Association of the United States. BoatU.S. has
been providing savings, service and representation to millions
of boat owners nationwide since 1966. Today, BoatU.S. is the
nation’s most powerful advocate for advancing the interests of
boaters and the single source to meet all boaters’ needs.
While the world’s largest boat owners association for 40
years, BoatU.S. has mainly been the organization for coastal and
big water boaters. However, recognizing that their member
benefits reach all boaters, and the bass boat crowd may have
been somewhat overlooked, they have now established the
“BoatU.S. Angler” program.
This new member program provides a customized package of
services tailored to serve club and tournament fishermen.
Benefits include: 24/7 assistance with one phone call for
over-the-road and on-the-water towing assistance for boat,
trailer and tow vehicle; access to fishing boat insurance that
includes extra coverage for expensive tackle; fishing boat
supply discounts at West Marine stores across the country;
launch ramp rebates; and many, many other benefits.
In this, and the following issues of BCD, you will find more
information on this great new program, as well as links from our
web site, bassclubdigest.org, giving you an answer to just about
any need you might have regarding your boat and keeping it
ship-shape.
In all, it looks like we club fishermen in the heartland are
now getting the recognition and respect from the boating
community we have so aptly earned.
