Hi guys who do you get third party insurance through for yachts on swing moorings? i'm looking to purchase my first keel boat and it wont be worth full comp. i have a quote through nautalis marine but i'm trying to find something to compare. Thanks for your imput

Sailingcorey said..
sorry i'm in NSW hopefully mooring around soldiers point

Are Nautilus still offering insurance for boats on swing moorings? I know they were talking about dropping out of that market.

I found anchorage marine to be helpful
Although I have never made a claim

but they only insure under 12meters LOA

Ramona said..

Do they do just 3rd party?

Just for you Ramona ....... www.youi.com.au/watercraft-insurance ..... and if you scroll down, you will see they do the third party thing.

if you don't get comprehensive are you still covered for salvage if it breaks free?

The way insurance companies are now, if the premium is $600, you need to spend that much again getting a lawyer to read it to make sure it is right.

My experience is that most insurers are ok, it's the assessor who can make or break the claim. In SA there is one often used assessor who is an absolute disgrace and a down right wanker. He will argue to reduce quotes based on his assessment of the amount of work or time that he thinks it will take even though he is not a shipwright or boat builder and not worked in that industry. He has been exemely rude to both me (the boat that was hit and in the right) and even the other bloke who admitted full guilt. the incident was a straight forward port starboard which I tried to avoid, yet this knob said that I was still 20% in the wrong as there was still contact. Therefore my claim of 6k was offered to be paid out at 80% and his (guilty party) claim of 17k was for me to pay 20%. So the net payment of my claim was a bit over $1000. How is that right?

both insurance companies said that he was the assessor that they used and I couldn't ask for another. Both companies were not able to vary his opinion. So be careful as you might have the best insurance company but still get screwed.

anyway sorry for the rant and hey sailingCorey how's it going? Great to see your finally getting a boat. Hope the family is good.

What has that Spray got in the keel, spent uranium?