Sea Tow Captain Receives Life-Saving Award
Sea Tow Clarks Hill Lake, S.C. & Ga., Capt. Jon Gridley Recognized for July 4th Rescue. Capt. Jon G. Gridley, co-owner of Sea Tow Clarks Hill Lake, South Carolina and Georgia, was honored with an international life-saving award by AFRAS (the Association for Rescue at Sea, Inc.) at the 25th Anniversary C-PORT (Conference of Professional Operators for Response Towing) Annual Meeting on January 9 at the Grand Hyatt in Tampa, Fla. The AFRAS C-PORT Award, which recognizes extraordinary bravery exhibited by a member of C-PORT during an on-water rescue, was presented to Capt. Gridley and his friend, Jim Masiongale, who also participated in the incident, by Steve Sawyer, president of AFRAS and retired captain, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue, at an awards ceremony on Monday night.
Backhaus VP Ops for Sea Tow
Sea Tow Services International, the world’s largest marine assistance provider, announced the promotion of Robert Backhaus to Vice President of Operations, along with two additions to its corporate staff: Christine de la Garza, Director of Marketing, and Cindy M. McCaffery, Director of Sales & Training. These key staff appointments are part of Sea Tow’s ongoing initiative to raise its brand awareness worldwide and to improve customer service to its franchise owners and through them, its entire membership. A 32-year-veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, whose service experience included shipboard duty, maritime search and rescue (SAR), maritime law enforcement…
