Narca OTB boat Insurance

[Mark Dennis]

Hi. I just called Club Marine "Australia's largest provider of pleasure craft insurance" and they told me they don't insure Nacra OTB multi-hulls. She thought it was Nacra specifically that they don't cover because it wasn't listed in their list of manufacturers. In other words: Computer says no.

Seems weird to me as it's not like Nacra is a niche brand. They had Hobie Cat in their list. So the question is, does anyone have a good insurance company I can try that will insure a Nacra OTB Multi-hull for club racing etc. ?

[genefewings]

Hi Mark

Nautilus insurance specializes in beach cats so I rekon the nacra would be no probs

Cheers

Gene

[Mark Dennis]

Just FYI, I tried through my Credit Union which goes to CGU and although they would insure the boat they were pretty vague about covering things like storing the boat at the club and damage to other boats while racing. I got nervous when they asked what sized motor I had on the boat and how fast it went...

I ended up with Tudor Insurance which I remembered insured me years ago when I was sailing an Impulse. They seem to know the OTB Cat game and only deal with agreed value so there's no mucking around with market value arguments when claiming.

[Leadfoot]

CGU insurance is good.  All the claims that my friends have lodged have been accepted.  They even fought RACQ insurance through the courts for over a year in our defence. We had a successful outcome with the court finally telling RACQ to pay up.