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thataway
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 Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:25 pm Post subject: Good stuff to consider in 2020 |
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This quote appeared in "Scuttlebutt" a daily sailing internet commentary on January 7, 2020. There are some items to ponder for us C Dory enthusiasts, even though he specific is referring to sailing boats. Substitute "boating" where he uses "sailing".
John K Fulweiler has written a book: "A SWIM: BASED ON A TRUE STORY -- THE RHODE ISLANDER WHO REFUSED TO DROWN "
He also practices Admiralty law. He was a licensed commercial mariner before going to law school. He grew up sailing/boating, and writes a great monthly blog in the The Windcheck Magazine--a sailing rag of the NorthEast.. His comments are insightful, entertaining and worth a read.
| Quote: | Good stuff to consider in 2020
Published on January 7th, 2020
John K. Fulweiler, known as The Boating Barrister in Windcheck magazine, offers a lazarette’s worth of things boaters would do well to remember:
• Sailing isn’t a sport…not in the way most of the 50 states understand sports.
• Foiling hulls will never catch on en masse with the recreational boater.
• It’s not the cost of the boat. It’s the upkeep.
• The buoys are there for a reason.
• Sail because you love it, not for any other reason.
• Wearing a brand name is one thing; wearing a store’s brand name is quite another.
• In the face of an emergency, do something. Get your anchor out, lower sails…take action!
• A claimant’s case is won by your attorney taking action. Be the squeaky wheel.
• The folks at big box boating stores are largely nice and largely don’t know squat about boating.
• Always operate with the mindset that your marine insurer is more likely not to pay, than to pay.
• Marine insurers will claim ‘lack of maintenance’ as an alleged basis to decline a claim.
• Confirm things like navigational limit extensions in writing with your insurer/broker.
• Salvors don’t want your boat. They want a salvage award for fixing your fiasco.
• Stop with this ‘we’re giving them a day on the water’ thing and get an inner city kid an Opti and a summer’s worth of sailing lessons! How hard is this?
• Ever considered the racial makeup of folks at a regatta? Boating will only grow and thrive through diversity.
• When you hit something in a center console at 30 knots, you’ll keep going.
• Squinting ahead ‘real hard’ in the face of fog or nighttime conditions doesn’t work. Slow down.
• Learn how to use radar. If you don’t and I’m across from you at a deposition, it won’t go well.
• My flight instructor was right: always keep your head on a swivel. Situational awareness!
• Boats have problems. Stop complaining and pay the yard bill on time.
• If you’ve got a boat for recreating you’ve won life’s lottery, because 99.44% of the huddled masses don’t.
• If you own a boat over 100 feet you should pay a lot of tax. Period. No mas.
• There are too many boats over 100 feet.
• A maritime lien attaches to your boat without any special legal filing.
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Micahbigsur@msn.com
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Bob thanks for the post, good thoughts, except I am already scared enough of lawyers!
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JamesTXSD
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I don't recall seeing any of those points in ads from boat manufacturers and dealers. 
I appreciate the perspective from a mariner-lawyer (different from a marine lawyer). If you think you've see it all, get a captain's license and spend days working on the water.  |
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hardee
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Bob, Thanks for that post. Interesting and Thought provoking. And a very interesting source. Thanks for sharing.
Harvey
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BillE
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I particularly liked----" If you’ve got a boat for recreating you’ve won life’s lottery, ---". That's a good perspective.
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