Megan Mosier grew up near the water in Sanford, North Carolina, spending weekends on Jordan Lake, where her family had a small speedboat.
“I don’t even remember what kind of boat we had,” she admits, laughing. “But I’ve always had a love of water.” That love grew even stronger when she met her husband, Branson.
“We spent a lot of weekends going to the coast of North Carolina to fish, about three hours from here. That’s how I ended up with ocean experience.”
Branson ran a charter business off the coast for a time, but as their family grew it became clear their lifestyle needed to shift; it was too much going back and forth. They’d always kept an eye on TowBoatU.S., hoping if a local port ever came up for sale, they could buy it.
“One day, Branson was on his little duck boat called the Dixie River Queen, and it broke down,” Mosier recalls. “He called TowBoatU.S. to come get him because he always had a membership, and the captain told him the ports were for sale.” The rest is history.
With the opportunity to run their own TowBoatU.S. operation, Megan stepped up. “At that point, Branson needed to renew his license, and I needed to get mine. I already had a lot of time on the water, so I enrolled in sea school, took the classes and all my exams, passed with flying colors, and applied to get my captain’s license.”
For Mosier, earning her captain’s license was more than just a professional achievement – it was a personal one. “I was pretty excited because I’d stayed home to raise the kids and helped run our construction business”
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