insuring a homemade boat

[Humdinger]

hi after the shyguys little mishap on the weekend .
it got me thinking about insurance a bit more seriously .
i have been to a few like club maine cgu etc etc as soon as you tell them you have built it yourself they don't want to know about it .
has anyone else had this problem and how have you got around it
cheers brett

[fisho8]

Hey Brett one way you can get around this is to get a survey done on the boat to have something there to show it has been built to an acceptable standard as I sure it is. it is a bit like an old boat so de speak alot of insuerers will want a survey done if a boat is over a certain age to make sure they are seaworthy to. I am not sure on the cost of a survey with it would be worth it's weight in gold if anythig were to happen.

[Humdinger]

thanks fish08 i will give that a try see if i can get it done

[fandtm666]

im going through this at the moment.

picked up an old tub and am completely rebuilding it, originally it had
the usual motor well and i have cut it out and lifted the transom right up
and fitted a pod.

To get around the insurance i got it inspected by a marine surveyor
and have followed his recommendations on flotation etc so i can get a new
build plate and thus having no problems with insurance.

I am using nick lockyer who was recommended to me by forum members here

[Humdinger]

im going through this at the moment.

picked up an old tub and am completely rebuilding it, originally it had
the usual motor well and i have cut it out and lifted the transom right up
and fitted a pod.

To get around the insurance i got it inspected by a marine surveyor
and have followed his recommendations on flotation etc so i can get a new
build plate and thus having no problems with insurance.

I am using nick lockyer who was recommended to me by forum members here

thanks for that i got onto a surveyor today that can give me everthing i need . i think this will be the best $480 i have spent on it