Question: I am on the race management committee for my yacht club and our committee is concerned about exposure of the club and its volunteers to liability during races and other events. We have considered asking...
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.
Ask A Maritime Attorney: What does this terminology mean in this yacht transportation arrangement?
August 24, 2023
Question: I just bought a 65 ft. boat on the East Coast, and I am looking at different methods for transporting the boat to California. Since it’s too big for a truck, my options appear to be limited to sailing it here...
Ask A Maritime Attorney: Can I claim my collateral from security interest on a vessel that has now been seized by the U.S. Marshals?
August 7, 2023
Question I loaned money to a former business partner and took a security interest in his boat as collateral for the loan. I perfected the security interest by recording a Financing Statement (a “UCC-1”) with the...
Question: I made an offer to purchase a boat through a yacht broker and the offer was accepted. The offer was contingent on a sea trial and survey, but I had to back out of the deal for personal reasons before the date of the...
Question: I sold my boat last summer, but it apparently developed an engine problem after the sale. The buyer is trying to hold me responsible for the problem and he is trying to force me to participate in a binding...