September 05, 2023
A Florida federal judge ruled that a yacht owner can't get coverage for the total loss of its vessel, finding that its failure to hire a full-time captain heightened the risk posed by Hurricane Dorian as it approached the Bahamas in August 2019.
May 30, 2023
Attorneys representing the owners of a yacht wrecked by Hurricane Dorian told a Florida federal judge on Tuesday that having a full-time captain — which Lloyd's of London underwriters say was required for coverage — would not have made much difference because a captain could not have predicted the storm's change in track or rapid increase in intensity.