I purchased a vessel and originated a loan with an institutional lender in 2003. My signed loan agreement was called a “Security Agreement, Note and Disclosure Statement.” The boat was documented with the Coast Guard and...
David Weil has been the proud author of the “Ask a Maritime Attorney” column in The Southern California Log Newspaper and Sea Magazine since 2006, with over 300 installments of the column. We have provided links in this section to those articles, covering a wide range of topics of interest to the California maritime and boating communities.
I recently purchased a foreign-built catamaran, and I intend use it in a small charter business. I have already obtained a “MARAD Waiver” for 12 passengers, so I am able to charter this vessel even though it was not built...
I sold my boat almost a year ago. I signed and notarized a bill of sale on the official Coast Guard form and exchanged the bill of sale for a cashier’s check when we closed the deal. It came to my attention when I received...
My boat is a part of a charter fleet managed by a company in the Pacific Northwest. I take the boat out of service for personal use for a few weeks each year. When I picked it up this year, I was appalled by the condition...
When I bought my boat nearly 20 years ago, it was registered with the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The boat has a six-digit number engraved on a bulkhead in the engine room, and I am informed that this is probably...