aardvarkash10 1,100 Posted April 22, 2024 Share Posted April 22, 2024 I have summarised this thread into this post - you can find links to the survey, links to the live response summary and the link to a spreadsheet of results that will be udated monthly. Hi all. Insurance questions are a perennial subject. The idea of this survey is to provide some data that Crew-ites and those who drop by can use. You can find the survey here. No-one responding will be named or identified. If you want your information deleted, let me know by private message. No particular insurance provider will be endorsed or derided in the survey summary. You can find the survey response summary here - it updates to include all received responses live. I will post updates to the entire dataset here each month. It is an excel format, so you can dive in and filter all the variables to your heart's content. The data set linked is as at 31/01/2025 and has 63 responses. The survey may change as improvement or changes are needed, so feel free to update with your info each year. Because of this, some of the summary numbers don't add eg the vessel type has changed twice already! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,100 Posted April 23, 2024 Author Share Posted April 23, 2024 Updated to include power boat options 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 382 Posted April 29, 2024 Share Posted April 29, 2024 Done for an international reference frame. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,100 Posted May 23, 2024 Author Share Posted May 23, 2024 Survey response dataset has been updated, 43 respondants so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 316 Posted May 23, 2024 Share Posted May 23, 2024 44 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,100 Posted July 15, 2024 Author Share Posted July 15, 2024 updated 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,100 Posted August 24, 2024 Author Share Posted August 24, 2024 updated. 53 responses to date. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vivaldi 56 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 So at last years insurance renewal the insurance company wanted us to obtain an out of water condition report, and rig check. The rig check could supposedly be a visual from the deck but of course ne rigger will put their name to that so we got a proper rig check. We have the report back and it’s mostly all good, however it does contain the following phrase: “Note that Stainless Steel Wire Rigging conventionally has a maximum design life of 15 years.” Does the average cruising yachtsman change their standing rigging every 10 - 15 years? I’m hoping that the insurance company doesn’t require it anytime soon - rough estimate is 12k…… 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MartinRF 65 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, Vivaldi said: “Note that Stainless Steel Wire Rigging conventionally has a maximum design life of 15 years.” Interesting. Based on what? /Martin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 101 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I'm sure this has come up before, i.e. rig not covered by insurance beyond a certain age. I can't quite face searching for it right now though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarpeDiem 520 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, Vivaldi said: So at last years insurance renewal the insurance company wanted us to obtain an out of water condition report, and rig check. The rig check could supposedly be a visual from the deck but of course ne rigger will put their name to that so we got a proper rig check. We have the report back and it’s mostly all good, however it does contain the following phrase: “Note that Stainless Steel Wire Rigging conventionally has a maximum design life of 15 years.” Does the average cruising yachtsman change their standing rigging every 10 - 15 years? I’m hoping that the insurance company doesn’t require it anytime soon - rough estimate is 12k…… Yes and yes - that is normal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 316 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, Vivaldi said: So at last years insurance renewal the insurance company wanted us to obtain an out of water condition report, and rig check. The rig check could supposedly be a visual from the deck but of course ne rigger will put their name to that so we got a proper rig check. We have the report back and it’s mostly all good, however it does contain the following phrase: “Note that Stainless Steel Wire Rigging conventionally has a maximum design life of 15 years.” Does the average cruising yachtsman change their standing rigging every 10 - 15 years? I’m hoping that the insurance company doesn’t require it anytime soon - rough estimate is 12k…… No rig or sail insurance for us if standing rigging is over 10 years old. We left it to 17, but changed it before going offshore last winter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,100 Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Phew. That would eliminate about 90% of NZs recreational fleet from cover in one hit... Thanks for the reminder, I must update the survey data. It will happen tonight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,100 Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 On 29/01/2025 at 7:36 AM, aardvarkash10 said: Phew. That would eliminate about 90% of NZs recreational fleet from cover in one hit... Thanks for the reminder, I must update the survey data. It will happen tonight. Just updated. 63 responses now. If you have recently insured or reinsured, please complete the survey - even if you have completed with last year's details. This will help everyone track changes over time. Cheers A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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