TowBoatUS opens Tims Ford Lake port for local boaters and anglers

TowBoatUS has opened a new port on Tims Ford Lake, giving Winchester-area boaters and anglers a closer way to get towing, fuel delivery, battery jumps, soft-ungrounding help and salvage assistance when a day on the water goes sideways. The port is one more sign that inland boating support is tightening around the lakes where trailer-sailers, fishing rigs and small cruisers spend the busiest months.

The new operation is led by Capt. Myles Murray, who said he grew up boating with his family and built the business around a lifelong connection to the water. The TowBoatUS Tims Ford Lake listing identifies the operation as TowBoatUS Tims Ford Lake / Tennessee River Towing & Salvage, with a port location in Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388 and the phone number (256) 520-9466. Those details matter for lake boaters who keep a paper checklist in the cockpit or a phone waypoint in the helm station, because the difference between a minor hiccup and a long drift often comes down to how fast help can be reached.

Tims Ford Lake is a 10,700-acre lake on the Elk River in south-central Tennessee, extending about 34 miles upstream from Tims Ford Dam. TVA says the reservoir is popular with canoeists, kayakers and anglers, and Tennessee state fishing information says the reservoir was completed in 1970 and sits at a full pool elevation of 888 feet mean sea level. That mix of shallow coves, long runs and heavy seasonal traffic is exactly where a towing port can matter most for sailors and other small-boat owners trying to decide whether to troubleshoot underway or call it before a drift becomes a grounding.

BoatUS says TowBoatUS is North America’s largest on-water towing fleet and handles more than 100,000 service requests a year. Murray’s new port also joins 12 other TowBoatUS locations across Tennessee, part of a broader push that also included a TowBoatUS Percy Priest opening in May 2026. For boaters who carry spare fuel, track battery condition and know the limits of an outboard that will not restart, that network density can shape the whole underway plan.

On a lake that stretches 34 miles upstream from Tims Ford Dam, a nearby tow service changes the decision tree. A dead battery, a fuel problem or a soft grounding no longer has to end the trip on the spot, but it does raise the bar for the DIY fixes that are worth attempting before calling for help.