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sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries

Caribbean Sailing Yachts: american builder of heavy-displacement cruising yachts. NAMMERT insures a Caribbean Sailing 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.

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At a glance

Origin

several countries

Class

sailing boats and sailing yachts

Typical sizes

10,1 to 13,4 m

Premium from

from €39 a year for liability

Worth knowing

Caribbean Sailing Yachts; cover, cost and conditions

Caribbean Sailing Yachts, better known as CSY, started life as a charter company in the Caribbean. Its founder, John Van Ost, was a New Jersey dentist with a love of sailing. To supply its own fleet, CSY built heavy-displacement cruising yachts in Tampa, Florida, through the 1970s and into the early 1980s. Frank Hamlin and Peter Schmitt drew the boats, and the Tampa designer Ted Irwin left his mark on the hull of the CSY 44. The lay-up is what people remember: solid glassfibre hulls and decks with no core, the hull up to one and a half inches thick. Brass companionway medallions with the CSY script and carved scrollwork at the bow complete the look. Owners could buy a yacht and lease it back into the charter fleet. Building stopped in the early 1980s, and Antigua Yachts took over the moulds of the 44.

Our model records list five designs, all sailing yachts. The CSY33 is the smallest at 10.06 metres, the CSY 37 measures 11.35 metres. Three entries belong to the CSY 44, each at 13.41 metres: Mid Cockpit, Pilot House and Walk-through. Mid Cockpit and Pilot House start in 1975, the CSY33 and CSY 37 in 1976, the Walk-through in 1977. Mid Cockpit and Walk-through run until 1983, the other three until 1982. No line reaches the recent build years. The Walk-through has a passage below deck to the aft cabin, while the Pilot House version carries a ketch rig.

A CSY is heavy, slow to tire its crew and built to take a beating, which is why so many have crossed oceans. Age is the main issue on a used one. Solid laminate avoids the soggy core that plagues cored decks, but chainplates, tanks and the original wiring are now over four decades old and often due for replacement. Look closely at the rudder, the keel bolts and the junction between hull and deck. Many boats served in charter before private owners took over, so the logbook and refit history tell more than the brochure. Spars and standing rigging on boats of this age are often due for renewal.

Questions and answers

Frequent questions

How do the three CSY 44 versions differ?

For Caribbean Sailing Yachts: All three measure 13.41 metres.

The Mid Cockpit has a centre cockpit, the Walk-through a passage below deck to the aft cabin,

and the Pilot House a deckhouse and ketch rig.

Our records place them between 1975 and 1983.

Which is the smallest CSY?

For Caribbean Sailing Yachts: The CSY33 at 10.06 metres, listed from 1976 to 1982.

Next up is the CSY 37 at 11.35 metres.

The cover that fits

For the whole class of boat

For Caribbean Sailing 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, Caribbean Sailing Yachts included.

Insuring sailing boats and sailing yachts, every brand and every condition

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Directory of all makes from A to Z

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 Caribbean Sailing

Yachts.

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

Series by Caribbean Sailing Yachts, build years and cover

CSY 44 Mid Cockpit

CSY 44 Mid Cockpit is a sailing yacht from Caribbean Sailing Yachts, built from 1975 to 1983.

CSY 44 Walk-through

CSY 44 Walk-through is a sailing yacht from Caribbean Sailing Yachts, built from 1977 to 1983.

CSY33

CSY33 is a sailing yacht from Caribbean Sailing Yachts, built from 1976 to 1982.

CSY 37

Also a sailing yacht, built from 1976 to 1982.

CSY 44 Pilot House

CSY 44 Pilot House is a sailing yacht from Caribbean Sailing Yachts, built from 1975 to 1982.

What this means for the cover

For the CSY 44 Mid Cockpit, CSY 44 Walk-through,

CSY33 by Caribbean Sailing Yachts and 2 more 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 CSY 44 Mid Cockpit, CSY 44 Walk-through,

CSY33 by Caribbean Sailing Yachts 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 Caribbean Sailing Yachts range in figures

These figures come from the model records we keep for Caribbean Sailing Yachts: boat type,

build years and length, nothing estimated.

sailing yacht: 5 models, 1975 to 1983, 10.1 to 13.4 m

Which model was built when?

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

What does a used Caribbean Sailing Yachts cost?

We hold today’s price ranges by year for 5 models by Caribbean Sailing 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
CSY 37	1979	€49,800 to €63,400
CSY 44 Mid Cockpit	1978 to 1980	€87,000 to €116,800
CSY 44 Pilot House	1978 to 1979	€90,500 to €115,100
CSY 44 Walk-through	1980	€87,000 to €110,700
CSY33	1979	€31,000 to €39,400