Karl,

Pretty much any incident that occurrs while sailing will incur some liability on the part of the OA, because attornies are just that persistent. Too much/too little wind, storms during event, spin/non-spin sharing a course... even just being there are all reasons for the OA to be called out by enterprising attorneys with bills to pay for those cheezy TV ads (just "Axe Gary" or whodoIsuedotcom)

The PFD question becomes front and center in a number of wrongful death suits, so I suspect the USCG requirement will be the only way to have a chance at defending against such a strategy.

for-the-people

but, I guess I'm a bit partial being in the industry that I am