Charter/rental woes...and question

I bet 9 out of 10 people sign these things without even reading the agreement. Also, it's even worse when you show up with an excited guest or two (say wife and daughter) and you have to tell them "no sailing today" because of the contract.
In these cases, I always try to get all agreements emailed to me (if not on website) so I can review before I show up....or at least before I tell my guests we are going sailing for the day.

caberg said:

Try reading the agreement to go skydiving! (Which I have done 4 times.)

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You read the agreement four times?

I really wonder how much legal pull that agreement would have. If you didn't voluntarily pay them any more than the deposit they'd have to sue you and I really wonder if that agreement would stand up in court. It might just be there to scare people into paying.

Oh God, skydiving agreements are the worst. At least in that case, it's from a position of experience. I know of both parachute companies and dropzones that have been put out of business with lawsuits when it was the inherent danger of the sport rather than negligence or equipment failure that resulted in the fatality.

For what it's worth, I agree with the decision not to sign. It must be like finding "THE" boat but having to walk away. I have not yet chartered, but thanks for the suggestion to read the agreement before arriving so you don't walk away disappointed. Excellent.

Thanks for the comments. Was a sore disappointment to my family. I wrote to the owner, and he never responded so that is that.