Good Samaritan Towing
If you spend enough time on the water, then sooner or later you will wind up at one end or the other of a towline. Mechanical failure, running out of fuel, and wind dying are common enough that eventually we either need a Good Samaritan or we become one.
The mechanics of towing are simple: Form a connection between two boats, and then pull. But simplicity goes out the window with Good Samaritan towing. This type of towing entails improvisation, which by definition means whatever arrangement you come up with may be less than ideal. That doesn’t mean that it
