20 • Feb. 26 - Mar. 10, 2016 • The Log Crossword Puzzle


23. Ant 25. Powel Crosley Jr. aeroplanes 30. “The Sweetheart of Sigma ___” 31. Victorian, for one 32. Flightless flock 34. ___ orange 38. Group belief (3 wds) 42. Hangout 43. “Don’t go!” 44. Dusk, to Donne 45. Chester White’s home 47. Body of water between Ireland and England


50. Make up 54. “The Matrix” hero 55. Way, way off 56. After-work locales (2 wds) 62. Dash 63. “Cogito, ___ sum” 64. Decorative gateway 65. Shrek, e.g. 66. Blanched 67. Marijuana plants 68. “___ here long?” 69. “Get ___!” 70. “___ quam videri” (North Carolina’s motto)


Across 1. Brit’s “Baloney!”


5. The “A” of ABM 9. Bakery buy


13. ___ Domingo 14. Scowl


Attorney From page 6


guish between types of compensation. They look only at whether the com- pensation was required to be paid as a condition for being aboard the boat for the voyage. The analysis is the same for the air fare and meals that our reader described as it would be for a cash payment. But regardless of the type of payment, our reader is looking at the wrong person. Types of charters are distinguished not by compensation that is exchanged between a captain and owner, but between passengers and the owner. Generally speaking, Coast Guard


15. Hip bones 16. Community between suburbs 17. Christiania, now 18. Clears 19. Director Sergei ___ 21.


22. Safe browsing tool


“Manning Requirements” are governed by a number of federal statutes, partic- ularly U.S. Code, Title 46 sections 8902 and 8903. These statutes govern “pas- senger vessels,” “small passenger ves- sels” and “uninspected passenger ves- sels,” all of which are vessels that carry passengers for hire. Under a bareboat charter agree- ment, the charterer pays the owner to charter the vessel, and as described above the charterer essentially steps into the shoes of the owner for the duration of the charter. The charterer’s friends and family are therefore aboard the vessel as guests of the temporary owner rather than as paying passen- gers, so there is no need for a licensed


Down 1. Checker, perhaps


“Not on ___!” (“No way!”) (2 wds)


2. ___ probandi 3. Broadcast 4. Associate 5. “Thanks ___!” 6. Barely beat, with “out”


captain, even if the charterer wants to hire someone more experienced to operate the boat during the charter.


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 situa- tions are alike, and it is impossible to provide accurate legal advice without knowing all the facts of a particular sit- uation. Therefore, the information pro- vided in this column should not be regarded as individual legal advice, and readers should not act upon this infor- mation without seeking the opinion of


7. Garden bulb 8. Like some humor 9. Italian dessert


10. Accused’s need 11. Equestrian 12. Spoonful, say 13. “Comprende?” 20. Brace 24. “Beat it!” 25. Coordinate 26. Boat in “Jaws” 27. Diamond Head locale 28. Andy’s radio partner 29. Civilian clothes 33. Antares, for one 35. Long, long time 36. Clarified butter 37. “Empedocles on ___” (Matthew Arnold poem)


39. In the movies 40. “Beetle Bailey” dog 41. Going in haste 46. Called 48. Boil 49. Vagrants 50. Chocolate substitute 51. Adult (2 wds) 52. Bead material 53. Ark contents 57. ___ fruit 58. Denials 59. Kind of dealer 60. Opportune 61. ___ boom bah!!


Solutions on page 32 an attorney in their home state.


David Weil is the managing attorney at Weil & Associates (weilmaritime.com) in Long Beach. He is an adjunct profes- sor of Admiralty Law at Loyola University Law School, is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and is former legal coun- sel to the California Yacht Brokers Association. If you have a maritime law question for Weil, he can be contacted at 562-438-8149 or at dweil@weilmar- itime.com.


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