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Question: I was just informed by my tax accountant that the IRS is trying to exclude a piece of equipment I bought for business purposes and installed aboard our

Question: I was just informed by my tax accountant that the IRS is trying to exclude a piece of equipment I bought for business purposes and installed aboard our

Question: I was briefly involved in a lawsuit last year in connection with a boat accident and I was a little confused by some of the terminology. First, what

Question: I came across a rigid inflatable dinghy during a return trip from Catalina last weekend. The boat was drifting with no other boats in sight, so we tied

Question: I recently read a social media post about a rescue at sea that was successfully performed by a boat owner who was in the vicinity of the boat in

Question: Our building materials company is supplying a substantial amount of material for the renovation of a historic vessel, and the primary contractor has asked us to open a line

Question: I would like some legal advice on how to enforce a maritime lien. I am a former crew member of a large American yacht that failed to pay me

Question: I own a 48-foot motor yacht that I would like to offer for charter to offset my costs of ownership. I have done a little research on this, but

Question: I am having a dispute with my marina. I am a legal liveaboard and I have been in and out of the hospital a lot over the past year,