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A boater’s thoughts on Avalon shoreboat


Letters/Online Comments Sailing like a Girl


Re: Avalon to solicit new vendors for shoreboat service (March 11 issue). I wouldn’t mind using my dingy to go ashore in off season times. However, there has always been a shortage of dock space. This results in having to raft-up behind others and climb over other dinghies to get ashore. Not only is this very difficult for us older people, but it is extremely dangerous. How about providing more tie-up space and this should solve the problem and enable the shoreboat operator to remain with his own schedule; just let us know what that is so we can be prepared and bring our dinghies with us.


Wayne Ford Submitted on TheLog.com


Bravo Mary!


Re: Sailing like a Girl (March 11 issue). Mary, what a treat to see the article. To have grown up with you and Bob as older men- tors and to race together and against each other, too. And your photos, amazing! Here’s a sojourner far from home who rel- ished seeing your work and remi- nisces of all the days spent out on the water. So very well done – kudos!


Brett Mason Submitted on TheLog.com


Re: Sailing like a girl (March 11 issue). Outstanding article about Mary Longpre and so true! I was honored to be one of a handful or females who races with her out of Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. At that time, a boat crewed by all females who competed against all male crews was such an unusual sight that even the TV program “Eye On L.A.” pick up on the story and filmed one of our races which was one of the three segments of an evening show. We gals still have copies and photos from that event. Mary, you are one heck of a woman and I am proud to be one of your closest ‘Big 6+2” friends but that’s another story.


Kim Spruance Submitted on TheLog.com


Comments on Huntington Harbour Fuel Dock


I am writing both as the com-


modore of Huntington Harbour as well as an inhabitant of the Harbour. I have been asked to mention some of the things that I observed during this recent issue with the loss of our fuel dock within the harbor. Beyond the obvious incon-


veniences that those of us expe- rienced with the lack of available fuel within the harbor a host of other issues came up that many


Fast Facts: World’s Largest Yacht


A German shipyard launched the world’s largest yacht, a 591-footer, in April 2013. Below is a quick look at the yacht’s dimen- sions and amenities as Azzam celebrates her third birthday on April 5. The ship is reported- ly owned by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates.


Name: Azzam Launched: April 5, 2013 First day of sea trial: June 19, 2013 Delivered: Oct. 22, 2013 Builder: Lürssen Yachts (Germany) Length: 590.55 feet (180 meters) Beam: 68 feet (20.8 meters)


Draft: 14 feet, 1 inch (4.3 meters) Top Speed: 30+ knots Building Time: Less than 3 years Engines: 2 (Diesel) Power: 23,500 horsepower Hull Material: Steel Amenities: 6 bridges, 6,000-square-foot lounge Sources: Lürssen, Forbes, Superyachts.com, CNBC


Who is on the hook for slip fees? By David Weil, Esq.


Q


We rented a slip in a marina on a month-to-month


basis for our old boat. We paid our slip fees on time every month until we sold the boat a few months ago. The new owner took delivery at our old slip. He said that he had a slip lined up in another marina and he planned to move the boat to that slip within a few days. That was over two months ago but he has still not moved the boat to the new slip, and he is not paying slip rent for the old slip. The marina manager is getting impatient and we have received several demands for payment. We advised the manager that we sold the boat and that he should be talking to the new owner, but he continues to look for us for payment. Shouldn’t the new owner be on the hook for the slip fees?


hook” for slip fees, and this A


of you may be unaware of. One of the first concerns I


noticed had to do with the envi- ronmental impact, as I have


See COMMENTS page 17


Our reader and the new owner are actu- ally both “on the


scenario provides an opportu- nity for us to look at some of the complexities associated with maritime liens. A marina tenancy is similar


to the rental of a storage space. The boat owner is basi- cally renting a parking spot, and as such the law provides very few tenant protections even when the boat owner lives aboard. Notwithstanding the comparison to a storage space, the laws that govern a marina tenancy are a lot more complicated than the rules that are in effect when you store your piano.


When a boat owner rents a slip in a marina, he or she will usually be asked to sign a wharfage or slip rental agree- ment of some kind. In California, these agreements typically provide for a “month-to-month” tenancy that allows for either party (the marina or the boat owner) to cancel the lease by providing a 30-day notice to the other party. The marina slip rental


agreement establishes the rights and obligations of the


parities. These obligations are similar to the obligations associated with the rental of a dry-land storage unit, includ- ing of course the obligation of a boat owner to pay rent on a monthly basis. But the boat owner’s obligations are shared by a partner. The boat itself is obligated along with the owner, through the establish- ment of a maritime lien. Maritime law throughout the world treats the vessel as a person when establishing lia- bility for payment for services provided to the vessel, and the boat will be “personally” liable for payment through the establishment of a maritime lien. A maritime lien is a unique security device which serves the dual purpose of keeping vessels moving in commerce while not allowing them to escape their debts by sailing away. A maritime lien is automatically established when a service is provided to the vessel, even if the claim is never recorded anywhere. The lien is enforced through a complicated and expensive


On Board With Johnson by J.R. Johnson See ATTORNEY page 14


Lürssen photo


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