Does anyone have a "Limitation of Liability" agreement they use for temporary crew they would be willing to share?
I don't see it that way. I too have been sailing for years - 55 to be semi-exact. I have crewed, raced, recruited crew on my boat, etc. What motivated me to post this thread is that the people I am recruiting are much removed from my former crews. It is easy in the US to check people out. I also, perhaps incorrectly, presume they have similar attitudes with respect to risk and liability. My crews are now international. They may have different backgrounds, life experiences, and expectations about liability. As a consequence I have reduced to writing a lot of things that I used to pass on verbally to my crew. I have created a "standing orders" document that is primarily the standard operating procedures for Reboot. I used the term "limitation of liability" in this thread because it was the one area where I was looking for some good language but it is part of a document - call it a contract - that lays out my relationship to the crew, for example:This thread is so sad. I guess a testemant to the times we live in.
that sounds like a good idea.I have created a "standing orders" document that is primarily the standard operating procedures.
Try this link https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2DnIrraLRikYkZpVWJ3VndsYkkthat sounds like a good idea.
Would you mind sharing it?
FYI - every major sailboat race I have been in (e.g. Chicago - Mac) the race organizers have required everyone to sign waivers. Its funny, the list of required safety equipment for a Chicago - Mac costs about $10,000 to $20,000. You have to have it on board to race. But the waiver says if you screw up its all your fault.If I was putting our boat into a long hard offshore race I might think of a waiver, but remain convinced that for day to day events they should not be necessary.