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in Florida Can I Get a DUI on a Boat? Yes.
Yes, you can get a DUI on a boat in Florida. In Florida, law enforcement officers call it boating under the influence, “BUI”. This rule is governed by Florida Statute 327.35 which states that if a person is the operator of a vessel and has a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 or more they are… Read More »
Puerto Vallarta Parasail Trip Almost Deadly
Near Deadly Parasailing Trip We have quoted elsewhere on 888-BOAT-LAW.Com that one of the most frequent dangers of parasailing is the risk of the tether breaking. That is what happened to Katie Malone in Puerto Vallarta on June 8. Media reports state that she noticed the towing vessel going one direction and her parasail… Read More »
It’s July the 4th Sandbar Time Again: Islamorada
Islamorada and Sandbar Time There is something impressive about seeing 100’s of boats, gunnel-to-gunnel, in the sparkling turquoise water anchored over sugar white beach sand in the Florida Keys sun over the 4th of July break. Bikinis, beer, brats, music, what can be better than this? We love it. But, with the party atmosphere… Read More »
7 Things the Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know
Here Are 7 Things That Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know 1.) Passengers get hurt on cruise ships, and many of those injuries are very serious. Passengers are injured in slip and falls, by falling equipment, by mistakes of cruise ship employees, and various other means. Cruise ships are notoriously terrible record keepers…. Read More »
Boat Crash on Alafia River at Dangerous Area Near Williams Park
Alafia River’s Recent Boat Crash The Tampa Bay Times reports a boat crash on the Alafia River near the Williams Park Boat Ramp. Unfortunately, this early-morning June 11, 2018 crash turned out to be a fatal crash which cost the life of one of the occupants of the 16-foot boat. This is a dangerous… Read More »
Treasure Salvage of the San Jose. A Contest Between Governments.
The Governments Involved in the Treasure Salvage of the San Jose. We recently wrote about the find of the Spanish galleon, San Jose. In that article we wrote about the difficulties of marine salvors to claim ownership of treasure which may be discovered in such wrecks. We noted the prominent example when Odyssey Marine… Read More »
Find and Return of University Meteorological Equipment Is Maritime Salvage
Maritime Salvage The typical maritime salvage involves the assisting of a vessel in distress, whether that is a sailboat “Brandon Jones sits atop a buoy which washed ashore 250 miles from its deepwater mooring onto Pensacola Beach with valuable meteorological equipment still attached to it. Hurricane Harvey (August 2017) caused the buoy to dislodge… Read More »
Florida Wraps Up National Boating Safety Week: May 19-25
Every Year, Just Before Memorial Day, the U.S. Promotes National Boating Safety Week. With the drastic rise in boating accidents in Florida — exceeding the number of boating accidents in every other state in 2015 according to the Florida Times-Union — there has never been a better time to practice boating safety. As the… Read More »
Martime Salvage of Treasure and Shipwrecks
What Treasures Lie Beneath Maritime Salvage & Shipwrecks In the world of maritime salvage, the most common “res” (Latin for “thing”) recovered or saved from total loss is a vessel. (Sailboat, powerboat, barge, etc.) However, this does not always have to be the case in order for a claim to be classified as maritime… Read More »
Flood on Carnival Glory
Flood on Carnival Glory. Travel and Air Ambulance Insurance. Fox News recently reported that on May 3, 2018 Carnival Cruise Line’s vessel, Dream, experienced flooding on Deck 9 when the fire suppression system suffered a break. The news report states that 50 of the staterooms on Deck 9 flooded. A photo of the damage… Read More »