Nice yacht, shame about the boat race
As the summer pushes on, annual yacht races in the UK cause great stress to vessels - and insurers - pushed to their limits. Toby Stephens and Dominic Johnson consider the legal implications when ships collide
Yachting events such as Cowes Week and the Isle of Wight's Round the Island Race attract huge numbers of yachts and force them to battle against each other in confined waters. Inevitably, as each
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