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Insuring Alcort Sailboats: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Alcort Sailboats: american builder of small sailing dinghies. NAMMERT insures a Alcort Sailboats regardless of year built or where you bought it, liability, hull, legal expenses and personal accident cover from one house, taken out online in five minutes.
At a glance
Origin
several countries
Class
sailing boats and sailing yachts
Typical sizes
4,2 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Alcort Sailboats; cover, cost and conditions
Alcort takes its name from the nicknames of two Connecticut men, Alexander "Red" Bryan and Cortlandt "Bud" Heyniger. Working in Waterbury and Woodbury, they launched their first boat in 1947: the Sailfish, a flat plywood board with a sail. The Sunfish followed in 1952 and gained a small cockpit well in the deck. Wooden kits later gave way to fibreglass hulls, and in 1969 the partners sold the business to the American Machine and Foundry Company, after which the boats carried the AMF Alcort name. What marks the brand is the small open dinghy that is easy to get to the water and works for beginners as well as for club racing.
Our model records hold a single design under this name, the Force 5. Fred Scott and Jack Evans drew it in 1972 for AMF Alcort as a challenger to the Laser, and they gave it an unusually generous set of sail controls for a boat of its size. It appears as an open sailing dinghy of 4.2 metres, built from 1973 to 1980. The Sailfish and the Sunfish are not listed under Alcort in our records. That makes even the youngest Force 5 on file more than 45 years old, so any boat on the market today has passed through several owners and a good many seasons.
A fibreglass dinghy of this age is usually sound in principle, but the details deserve a close look. Press around the deck and the hull for soft spots, check the joint between deck and hull, and look at the daggerboard trunk and the rudder fittings for cracks. The many control lines that set the Force 5 apart run through blocks and cleats that wear out, so expect to replace some of them. Spars should be checked for corrosion at fittings, and an old sail may be tired. Most of these boats live on a dolly or a trailer and sail on lakes, reservoirs and sheltered coastal water, often from a club slipway.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
Who designed the Force 5?
For Alcort Sailboats: Fred Scott and Jack Evans, in 1972, for AMF Alcort.
Our model records list the Force 5 at 4.2 metres with build years from 1973 to 1980.
Which Alcort boats are in the model records?
For Alcort Sailboats: Only the Force 5, an open sailing dinghy.
The earlier Alcort boats, the Sailfish and the Sunfish, are not listed under this brand.
The cover that fits
sailing boat insurance
Tariffs, cover and FAQ for sailing boat insurance in detail.
Third-party liability
The foundation for a boat from Alcort Sailboats: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Alcort Sailboats, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Alcort Sailboats: 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, Alcort Sailboats included.
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 the manual of your Alcort Sailboats.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Alcort Sailboats, build years and cover
Force 5 is a sailing boat from Alcort Sailboats, built from 1973 to 1980.
For the Force 5 by Alcort Sailboats series there is no list price left.
That is why we work with an agreed value: you state the figure, we agree it,
and in a total loss exactly that amount is paid, with no deduction for wear.
For the Force 5 by Alcort Sailboats series:
On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides.
A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.
Alcort Sailboats insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Alcort Sailboats are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
