BROWN, Chief Judge:
This appeal attacks the District Court's order granting limitation of liability to an owner of a sailing vessel on the grounds that the owner had privity or knowledge of the defect which gave rise to the injury. The shipowner, in turn, appeals from the order denying exoneration. We affirm.
In February of 1971 Phil Gibboney placed an order with Raymond Creekmore for the construction of a thirty foot racing sloop, named, of all things, the...
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