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Insuring Chantier Ofcet: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Chantier Ofcet: french builder of offshore racing sailboats. NAMMERT insures a Chantier Ofcet 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
6,5 to 9,8 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Chantier Ofcet; cover, cost and conditions
Chantier Ofcet was a small yard in La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast. It grew out of Prepa Nautic, a business that prepared racing yachts for their events. In 2014 Yann Dubé set the yard up as a company of its own to keep boatbuilding apart from the service side. Ofcet built small racing and racer cruiser sailboats and also moulded glassfibre parts for other yards in the region. At the end of 2018 it moved from the Pôle Nautique to the La Pallice port area. On 7 May 2019 the commercial court in La Rochelle placed the yard in liquidation, while Prepa Nautic carried on.
Our model records list two designs, both entered as sailing yachts. The OFCET 6.50 is 6.5 metres long, which makes it a boat of the Mini class, the small offshore racers that make up the Mini Transat fleet; it appears with build years from 2015 to 2023. The Ofcet 32, drawn by Marc Lombard, measures 9.8 metres and is listed from 2014 to 2023, offered both as a pure racer and as a racer cruiser. Neither reaches into the most recent build years. The two are 3.3 metres apart, from a singlehanded Atlantic boat to a yacht for a small crew.
Boats like these are sailed hard, so a used one deserves a careful look. On a Mini, check the keel attachment, rudder bearings and the bulkheads around the mast step, and ask for the race history: miles sailed and any knockdowns tell more than the build year. Sails and electronics are often renewed in the course of a racing life and add a lot to what is on offer. On the Ofcet 32, the layout depends on whether the boat was built as a racer or a racer cruiser. With the yard closed, spares no longer come from the original builder, so drawings and supplier details in the boat's papers are worth having.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
What does the number in OFCET 6.50 mean?
For Chantier Ofcet: It is the length of 6.5 metres, the size of the Mini class.
Our model records list the OFCET 6.50 with build years from 2015 to 2023.
Is Chantier Ofcet still in business?
No, not for Chantier Ofcet either:
The commercial court in La Rochelle placed the yard in liquidation on 7 May 2019.
Prepa Nautic, the service company it grew out of, carried on.
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 Chantier Ofcet: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Chantier Ofcet, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Chantier Ofcet: 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, Chantier Ofcet 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 Chantier Ofcet.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Chantier Ofcet, build years and cover
OFCET 6.50 is a sailing yacht from Chantier Ofcet, built from 2015 to 2023.
Also a sailing yacht, built from 2014 to 2023.
For the OFCET 6.50 and Ofcet 32 by Chantier Ofcet 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 OFCET 6.50, Ofcet 32 by Chantier Ofcet 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.
Chantier Ofcet insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Chantier Ofcet are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
