Q: I am the mortgage holder of a Coast Guard documented vessel that has a properly recorded Preferred Ship Mortgage. The boat sank when the owner hit a rock, after
Q: I am in the middle of a dispute with a creditor and I am researching different strategies for protecting my assets if he gets a judgment against me. My
Q: I am one of a group of volunteer boat operators who donate time to a nonprofit organization that owns several boats. The mission of the organization is to take
Q: I own a waterfront home on the Sacramento River, and my boat and my boathouse and dock have been damaged several times this year by the wakes from passing
Q: I am in the middle of a dispute with a boat mechanic. As a regular reader of your column I know that you have talked about maritime liens on
Q: I bought a used 44-foot sailing yacht and brought it to a boatyard in the San Francisco Bay area for service. The yard gave me an estimate for the
I was recently a passenger aboard my brother in-law’s motoryacht during a pleasure trip to Catalina when we had a close encounter with a merchant ship. We were in fairly
I am buying a boat through a yacht broker and the sea trial and survey will be completed next week. In the interim I asked my broker and the documentation
