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Insuring Caliber Yachts: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Caliber Yachts: american builder of long-range cruising yachts. NAMMERT insures a Caliber Yachts 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
11,4 to 16 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Caliber Yachts; cover, cost and conditions
Caliber Yachts comes from Clearwater on Florida's Gulf coast. Brothers George and Michael McCreary set the company up in 1979 together with Marshall Jones, starting as a backyard boatbuilding operation. Michael McCreary had studied naval architecture and worked at Gulfstar and Endeavour, and every Caliber is his design. The first boat, a 28-footer, was finished in 1981. The yard made its name with the LRC line, short for Long Range Cruiser: cruising yachts with large tanks for fuel and water, meant for long passages away from harbours. Building stopped in 2010, and George McCreary has since looked after used Calibers through a brokerage of his own.
Our model records list three designs, all sailing yachts from the LRC line. The Caliber 40LRC starts in 1993 and measures 12.47 metres. The Caliber 35LRC at 11.36 metres and the Caliber 47LRC at 16.03 metres, the largest of the three, followed in 2001. All three are kept open in our records into recent build years, while the yard's own history puts the end of new building at 2010. The range from just over eleven to 16 metres suits yachts for a couple as well as for a family heading offshore.
These boats were designed to carry a lot, and owners tend to use that. Before buying a used LRC it pays to look closely at the integral tanks, the chainplates and the stern area, where solar panels, davits and wind vanes are often added. Long-range cruisers usually come with a deep inventory of sails, electronics and spares, so the equipment list deserves as much attention as the hull. Many have crossed oceans, and a logbook with passage history and maintenance notes is worth asking for.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
What does LRC stand for at Caliber?
For Caliber Yachts: LRC means Long Range Cruiser,
the offshore line of the yard from Clearwater in Florida.
Our records list the Caliber 35LRC, 40LRC and 47LRC.
Which is the largest Caliber design?
For Caliber Yachts: The Caliber 47LRC at 16.03 metres, listed from 2001.
The 40LRC measures 12.47 metres and the 35LRC 11.36 metres.
The cover that fits
sailing yacht insurance
Tariffs, cover and FAQ for sailing yacht insurance in detail.
Third-party liability
The foundation for a boat from Caliber Yachts: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Caliber Yachts, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Caliber Yachts: 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, Caliber Yachts included.
Insuring sailing boats and sailing yachts, every brand and every condition
Other builders in this class
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 Caliber Yachts.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Caliber Yachts, build years and cover
Caliber 35LRC is a sailing yacht from Caliber Yachts, built since 2001.
Also a sailing yacht, built since 1993.
Also a sailing yacht, built since 2001.
As the Caliber 35LRC, Caliber 40LRC and Caliber 47LRC by Caliber Yachts series are still in
production, parts are available and repair costs are predictable.
Even so, value it at replacement cost including retrofitted electronics, not at list price.
For the Caliber 35LRC, Caliber 40LRC, Caliber 47LRC by Caliber Yachts 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.
The Caliber Yachts range in figures
These figures come from the model records we keep for Caliber Yachts: boat type,
build years and length, nothing estimated.
- sailing yacht
- 3 models, since 1993, 11.4 to 16 m
Which model was built when?
What does a used Caliber Yachts cost?
We hold today’s price ranges by year for 3 models by Caliber Yachts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caliber 35LRC | 2004 to 2024 | €60,600 to €166,900 |
| Caliber 40LRC | 1996 to 2024 | €84,100 to €305,600 |
| Caliber 47LRC | 2004 to 2024 | €174,400 to €458,300 |
Estimate from our boat records, October 2026.
Not a survey.
Caliber Yachts insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Caliber Yachts are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
