Maintaining high journalist standards

Published on October 29th, 2024

The Boating Barrister is a monthly feature in WindCheck magazine by John K. Fulweiler, Esq. which offers tips for navigating tricky legal waterways, always with a healthy dose of wit. In the October 2024 edition, John offers “clarifications” from previous columns:


March 2021 – While John Fulweiler claims his close friend collaborated with him on various projects including content for this column, it appears Johnny Walker is the brand name of a blended Scotch Whiskey and not an actual person. We have asked John to refrain from referring to Johnny Walker, Jim Beam, Captain Morgan, Jack Daniel, Jose Cuervo and Sam Adams as his friends or writing partners.

January 2022 – Reference was made by John to a lingerie magnate using press gangs to crew his superyacht. We have no evidence of lingerie being loomed in sufficient quantities by underpaid foreigners to fund the purchase of a superyacht and we have no evidence of press gangs being used to crew yachts calling in Newport, RI. John attributes his confusion to the presence of rowdy nighttime tourists who appeared to be acting as press gangs. We have asked John to avoid walking about town in the evening. We have provided John with an Uber account. – Full report

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