On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:36:48 +0100, "Phil Rushton" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Has anyone any information/experience of insuring older boats? Our boat --- in Ireland rather than in the UK --- is about 100 years old. We got it surveyed before we bought it, in 2004, had an informal survey in 2007 (ie a friend who is a surveyor looked at some aspects at my request --- and didn't charge) and are required to have another survey in 2010. I intend to get it done this year instead, as that suits me better. I think we'll be on ten-yearly surveys after that, However, as there is no BSS in Ireland, I'm quite happy to have the boat surveyed regularly. I get it done when the boat is dry-docked for blacking and checkign of anodes, so it's not a major inconvenience. And, given that our boat plies rather deeper waters, I'd like to be sure that the bottom isn't going to fall out of it any time soon. bjg
