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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: Should My Yacht Club Include a Liability Waiver for Races?

November 16, 2023

Question: I am on the race management committee for my yacht club and our committee is concerned about the exposure of the club and its volunteers to liability during races and other events. We have considered asking...

Ask A Maritime Attorney: What are Coast Guard regulations for commercial vessels over 40 feet long when backing up?

October 26, 2023

Question What are the Coast Guard regulations regarding commercial vessels over 40 feet long when they are backing up? The U,S, Coast Guard code I found says there should be horn blasts when reversing. It seems to me that the...

Ask A Maritime Attorney: Should my yacht club be including a liability waiver?

October 19, 2023

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...

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...