Ask a Maritime Attorney - Page 34 of 66

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.

Buying a Boat vs. Buying the LLC That Currently Owns It

April 24, 2013

I am a yacht broker representing both the buyer and seller in a transaction involving a boat that is titled into a Delaware limited liability corporation (LLC). The buyer has completed the sea trial and survey, and the...

Can My Marina Legally Charge Another Boater a Much Lower Slip Fee?

April 10, 2013

I keep my boat at a small marina on a lake in Arizona. It recently came to my attention that a fellow boat owner was paying $200 per month less than other tenants for the same size boat and the same type of slip, and he had...

Can a Race Protest Committee Legally Determine Fault in a Collision?

March 27, 2013

I own a racing sailboat, and I was involved in a collision with another competitor during a race. The protest committee determined that we were at fault, and the owner of the other boat is asking for my insurance company to...

Supreme Court Ruling on Floating Homes vs. Boats Proves Perplexing

March 13, 2013

I recall a discussion in your column last year about a marina eviction case that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last month, I read an article about recent Supreme Court activity and I noticed a case on the...

If a Boater Signs Agreements with 2 Brokers, Which One is Enforceable?

February 27, 2013

I am a California-licensed yacht broker. A client listed his boat with me for sale under an “open” listing agreement that required him to give me 30 days written notice if he wanted to cancel the agreement. Several days...