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Insuring Home-built boats
sailing boats and sailing yachts
Home-built boats builds sailing boats and sailing yachts. NAMMERT insures boats of this make regardless of year built or where you bought them, liability, hull, legal expenses and personal accident cover from one house, taken out online in five minutes.
At a glance
Origin
various
Class
sailing boats and sailing yachts
Typical sizes
6 bis 10 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Home-built boats; cover, cost and conditions
Home-built boats are insurable like any other craft; the method of construction does not decide insurability, but type, value, year of construction, power and cruising range do. What is different with a home build is the evidence: there is no yard invoice, no catalogue price and no depreciation table.
For the value of a home build, what counts is what has gone into it: material, engine, rig, equipment and the labour. We record an agreed value on the basis of a valuation report, and a surveyor needs documents. Keep invoices, photographs from the building period and construction drawings; with a properly documented home build the valuation is routine, with an undocumented one it becomes a negotiation. For the first contact with the water the rule is: register the boat before craning.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
Can I insure a boat I have built myself?
Yes. What matters is a valuation report as the basis for the agreed value, so keep invoices, photographs from the building period and construction drawings, they are the evidence.
The cover that fits
For the whole class of boat
What matters for sailing boats and sailing yachts is the same across every brand; engine output, how a claim is settled, cruising range and theft protection. The class page lists every point and every brand in this class.
Insuring sailing boats and sailing yachts, every brand and every condition
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Nautical information What counts before you cast off, papers, equipment, waters
Licence
Under sail no licence is needed; with an auxiliary engine from 15 hp one is.
Registration
Official number or boat certificate; a flag document for trips abroad.
Waters
Inland lakes, the Baltic and the North Sea; tide, current and shoals belong in the passage plan.
Equipment
Lifejackets, harness and jackstays, lifebuoy, distress signals, reefing system.
Cruising range
Certificate of insurance for foreign harbours; check that racing is covered.
Weather
Reef in time: first reef from Beaufort 5, second from 6, watch the gust forecast.
General guidance, not a complete account; what governs are the rules of the waters you are on and your boat’s manual. Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Selbstbau / Eigenbau, with value and cover
Sperrholz-Eigenbau nach Plan is a motorboat from Selbstbau / Eigenbau, built since 1950, and today changes hands at between €2,000 and €25,000.
Stahl-Eigenbau nach Riss is a sailing yacht from Selbstbau / Eigenbau, built since 1960, and today changes hands at between €15,000 and €120,000.
Eigenbau nach Riss is a sailing boat from Selbstbau / Eigenbau, built since 1950, and today changes hands at between €5,000 and €180,000.
Kit boat is a motorboat from Selbstbau / Eigenbau, built since 1980, and today changes hands at between €8,000 and €120,000.
Selbstbau nach Rissplan oder Bausatz is a motorboat from Selbstbau / Eigenbau, built since 1950, and today changes hands at between €2,000 and €145,000.
As the series is still in production, parts are available and repair costs are predictable. Even so, value it at replacement cost including retrofitted electronics, not at list price.
On a motorboat the drive is the single most valuable part. Damage after grounding is covered, an engine failure from wear is not.
On sailing yachts the rig and the underwater hull are the expensive parts: a dismasting quickly costs a quarter of the boat, and osmosis counts as wear and is covered by no hull policy.
On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides. A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.
Home-built boats insured in five minutes.
Calculate the premium online, policy the same day, or call us: +49 3375 / 29 12 77.
