Insuring BSI Marine: cover and premium

sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries

BSI Marine: swedish builder of Farr pilothouse yachts. NAMMERT insures a BSI Marine 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.

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At a glance

Origin

several countries

Class

sailing boats and sailing yachts

Typical sizes

15,5 to 19,4 m

Premium from

from €39 a year for liability

Worth knowing

BSI Marine; cover, cost and conditions

BSI Marine Sweden AB was a Swedish yard in Lysekil on the west coast that built large cruising yachts to designs by Farr Yacht Design of Annapolis. The boats were sold through Boat Sales International in the UK. The signature type is the pilothouse yacht: the Farr 50 PH, drawn in 1996, carries a cutter rig with a Selden mast, and the designers' notes describe it as large enough for a couple to live aboard in shoreside comfort while staying practical and safe offshore. The Farr 63 PH had been designed two years earlier, in 1994. On a pontoon these yachts are easy to pick out by their raised deck saloon.

Our model records hold seven sailing yachts, all carrying the Farr name and all between 15.53 and 19.4 metres. The Farr 50 is the earliest entry, from 1988, and runs until 2009. Then come the Farr 63 at 19.35 metres from 1996 and the Farr 56 at 17.6 metres and the Farr 60 at 18.36 metres, both from 1997, the latter ending in 2005. The three-digit names belong to later designs: the Farr 525 DS at 15.97 metres and the Farr 645 at 19.4 metres from 2001, and the Farr 585 at 17.95 metres from 2002, which stays in the list until 2012, longer than any other. None reach the most recent build years.

A pilothouse yacht of this size is a serious piece of engineering and wants an owner who keeps on top of its systems. On a used Farr, ask for the rigging history first: a cutter rig has more wires and fittings, and the standing rigging on a yacht that has crossed oceans may be due for renewal. Generators, watermakers, hydraulics and electrics deserve a professional look, as does the rudder bearing on a boat of fifteen metres and more. Pilothouse windows are large and their seals age, so check the saloon for signs of leaks. A full survey with a sea trial is the norm at this level.

Questions and answers

Frequent questions

Who designed the BSI yachts?

Farr Yacht Design of Annapolis.

The Farr 50 PH was drawn in 1996 and the Farr 63 PH in 1994;

both were built by BSI Marine in Lysekil.

Which is the largest design?

For BSI Marine: The Farr 645 at 19.4 metres, just ahead of the Farr 63 at 19.35 metres.

The smallest is the Farr 50 at 15.53 metres.

The cover that fits

For BSI Marine: 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, BSI Marine 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

A powerboat licence (inland or coastal) is required from 15 hp (11.03 kW).

Registration

Registration from 3 hp; for trips abroad carry the boat certificate or flag document.

Waters

Inland, coastal and abroad; plan fairways, bridge clearances, draught and tides.

Equipment

Lifesaving gear, fire extinguisher, anchor, signalling equipment and correct navigation lights.

Cruising range

The agreed cruising range is stated in the policy and can be extended at any time.

Weather

Check wind force in Beaufort and wind direction before casting off, and allow for gusts.

General guidance, not a complete account;

what governs are the rules of the waters you are on and the manual of your BSI Marine.

Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.

Series by BSI Marine, build years and cover

Farr 585

Farr 585 is a sailing yacht from BSI Marine, built from 2002 to 2012.

Farr 50

Also a sailing yacht, built from 1988 to 2009.

Farr 56

Also a sailing yacht, built from 1997 to 2009.

Farr 63

Also a sailing yacht, built from 1996 to 2009.

Farr 525 DS

Farr 525 DS is a sailing yacht from BSI Marine, built from 2001 to 2009.

Farr 645

Also a sailing yacht, built from 2001 to 2009.

Farr 60

Also a sailing yacht, built from 1997 to 2005.

What this means for the cover

For the Farr 585, Farr 50, Farr 56 by BSI Marine and 4 more series the market value and the

replacement cost often differ widely.

An agreed value removes the age-based scale, and the figure in the policy stands.

For the Farr 585, Farr 50, Farr 56 by BSI Marine and further series:

On sailing yachts the rig and the underwater hull are the expensive parts:

a dismasting quickly costs a quarter of the boat,

and osmosis counts as wear and is covered by no hull policy.

All series at a glance

The BSI Marine range in figures

These figures come from the model records we keep for BSI Marine: boat type,

build years and length, nothing estimated.

sailing yacht: 7 models, 1988 to 2012, 15.5 to 19.4 m

Which model was built when?

Sailing boat Motorboat RIBEach bar is one BSI Marine model, running from its first to its last year of build. The colour shows the type of boat.

What does a used BSI Marine cost?

We hold today’s price ranges by year for 4 models by BSI Marine.

The table shows what boats in average condition are worth,

from the oldest to the youngest year on record.

Choose your exact model, year and condition in the calculator.

Model	Years built	Range today
Farr 50	1991 to 2006	€139,500 to €286,400
Farr 525 DS	2004 to 2006	€283,800 to €376,100
Farr 56	2000 to 2006	€277,900 to €432,900
Farr 585	2005 to 2009	€417,500 to €572,100