I recall reading a few years ago about various municipalities within the state of Florida being sued for imposing anchoring regulations (apparently an illegal restriction on “navigation”) outside of clearly designated...
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 38 foot motoryacht through a yacht broker. The boat had a number of mechanical problems but was otherwise in good condition, and I went ahead with the purchase after the seller agreed to reduce the...
I am buying a boat in partnership with a good friend, and we have a few questions about the legal consequences of a boat partnership. I assume that our partnership would not be legally enforceable without a written...
I am interested in using my 46-foot sailing yacht in a charter business, to offset some of the costs of ownership. I am familiar with the chartering clubs that allow customers to take the boat out on their own, but I have a...
I am shopping for a boat that would be suitable for use in California as a commercial fishing boat and also for whale-watching trips and other passenger excursions. One of the boats that I am looking at is a 65-foot...