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![]() If a claim comes within admiralty jurisdiction, then the substantive maritime law will control no matter where the action is filled. Often, admiralty law will provide a client involved in boating or jet ski accident with more options or advantages than they possess under land based or South Carolina law. In addition, there are many South Carolina recreational boating laws that may supplement admiralty law. Admiralty law as compared to land based law has its own unique laws, regulations, standards, customs, actions and civil procedural rules. The general maritime law of the United States, which was once reserved for governing the maritime commerce of transporting cargoes and passengers over navigable waters, is now uniformly accepted as being applicable to recreational boaters using the navigable waterways of South Carolina. Numerous recreational boaters and their attorney’s do not realize that admiralty and maritime law is applicable to legal matters involving recreational boats and jet skis. Recreational boaters using the territorial waters of South Carolina share the sentiment of the Water Rat in Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows: “There is nothing - absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” Unfortunately, “simply messing about in boats” often results in accidents whereby recreational boaters suffer serious personal injuries, die or incur damage to their boats. Applicability of Admiralty and Maritime Law to Pleasure Boats and Jet Skis
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