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Insuring Container Yachts: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Container Yachts: american maker of container-shippable motorsailers. NAMMERT insures a Container 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
11,9 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Container Yachts; cover, cost and conditions
Container Yachts of Middletown, Rhode Island, built a boat around one idea: it fits inside an ordinary shipping container. Bernie Blum founded the company, and Robert H. Perry drew the design. The result is a motorsailer a little over twelve metres long but only about 2.3 metres wide, with a hard-chine hull, a bulbed fin keel, a spade rudder, a saildrive and a raised pilothouse. For shipping, keel and rudder come off and the boat stands upright in the box. At the far end a yard bolts them back on and steps the mast. The prototype was cold-moulded in wood and epoxy at Schooner Creek; production boats were laid up in glassfibre by SAS-Vektor in Zadar, Croatia.
Our model records hold exactly one design for Container Yachts, the Far Harbour 39 motorsailer. It is listed for build years 2002 to 2022 and measures 11.87 metres. No other lines of the brand appear. The build period spans two decades but stops short of the most recent years. Because the prototype and the production boats were built in different ways, it is worth asking of any example whether it is the wood and epoxy hull or a glassfibre boat from Croatia.
A boat designed to be shipped will often have been taken apart and put back together more than once. A buyer should look closely at the keel joint and the keel bolts, the rudder fitting and the mast step, all of which have been through container trips. The narrow beam makes for a long, easily driven hull under power, but it also means headroom and storage are tight. The saildrive needs its diaphragm and anodes checked on schedule. Owners tend to use these boats for long distance cruising in faraway waters, so ask where the boat has been.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
How does the Far Harbour 39 fit into a container?
For Container Yachts: She is only about 2.3 metres wide.
Keel and rudder are removed for shipping and the boat stands upright in a standard container.
At the destination a yard refits keel and rudder and steps the mast.
Who designed the Far Harbour 39?
Robert H.
Perry drew the design for Container Yachts, founded by Bernie Blum in Middletown, Rhode Island.
Production boats were built in glassfibre in Zadar, Croatia.
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 Container Yachts: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Container Yachts, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Container 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, Container 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 Container Yachts.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Container Yachts, build years and cover
Far Harbour 39 is a sailing yacht from Container Yachts, built from 2002 to 2022.
For the Far Harbour 39 by Container Yachts 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 Far Harbour 39 by Container 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.
What does a used Container Yachts cost?
We hold today’s price ranges by year for 1 models by Container 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Far Harbour 39 | 2005 to 2021 | €96,700 to €265,500 |
Estimate from our boat records, October 2026.
Not a survey.
Container Yachts insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Container Yachts are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
