I am buying a boat through a yacht broker and the sea trial and survey will be completed next week.
David Weil is licensed to practice law in the state of California and, as such, some of the information provided in this column may not be applicable in a jurisdiction outside of California. Please note also that no two legal situations are alike, and it is impossible to provide accurate legal advice without knowing all the facts of a particular situation. Therefore, the information provided in this column should not be regarded as individual legal advice, and readers should not act upon this information without seeking the opinion of an attorney in their home state.
David Weil is the managing attorney at Weil & Associates (weilmaritime.com) in Long Beach. He is an adjunct professor of Admiralty Law at Loyola University Law School, is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and is former legal counsel to the California Yacht Brokers Association.
We rented a slip in a marina on a month to month basis for our old boat. We paid our
I am chairman of the race committee at a yacht club in California and we have spent a lot of
Does an individual who is selected and compensated by someone to skipper their bareboat charter sailboat need a Coast Guard
I retained a yacht broker in California this summer to sell my boat under an exclusive listing agreement. I selected
My brother asked me to help repair the engine in his sailboat. The boat was located in the San Francisco
Is it legal to sell more than one boat a year in California without having a yacht broker’s license? I
I am in a dispute with a boatyard regarding its invoice and the quality of its work on my boat.
I own a boat that is registered with the California DMV. I recently left town for a couple of months,
I am in the process of selling my boat, and the buyer discovered that a lien had been recorded on