Insuring Hobby Craft: cover and premium
motorboats and sports boats · several countries
Hobby Craft: builder of small sports and leisure boats. NAMMERT insures a Hobby Craft 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
motorboats and sports boats
Typical sizes
3,3 to 6 m
Premium from
from €49 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Hobby Craft; cover, cost and conditions
In our records, Hobby Craft stands for small motorboats and sailing boats from the late seventies and eighties. The range has two sides: Hobby motorboats of 3.25 and 3.60 metres, in Family and Sport versions, and the sailing boats Sloop 17 and Sloop 20, whose numbers roughly give the length in feet. They are boats for lakes, rivers and sheltered coastal water, small enough to tow behind an ordinary car.
Our model records hold six entries. Four are motorboats, with the same two sizes appearing in two spellings: Hobby 3,25 Family and Hobby Craft 3,25 F at 3.25 metres, and Hobby 3,60 Sport and Hobby Craft 3,60 S at 3.6 metres, listed from 1976 to 1983 and 1977 to 1984. The Sloop 17 at 5.2 metres runs from 1976 to 1983, and the Sloop 20 at 6 metres from 1975 to 1992, the longest run in the range.
Boats with thirty to fifty seasons behind them reward a careful look before each spring: transom wood, fittings, wiring and the trailer's bearings and lights. Small hulls like these are best stored under a roof or a good tarpaulin, and a fresh outboard often gives a Hobby a second life on the water.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
Are the Hobby 3,25 Family and Hobby Craft 3,25 F different boats?
In our records both share the 3.25 metre length and almost the same build years,
so they are two spellings of one size.
The same goes for the Hobby 3,60 Sport and Hobby Craft 3,60 S.
Which Hobby Craft model has the longest run?
For Hobby Craft: The Sloop 20 at 6 metres, from 1975 to 1992.
The other models end in our records in 1983 or 1984.
The cover that fits
motorboat insurance
Tariffs, cover and FAQ for motorboat insurance in detail.
Third-party liability
The foundation for a boat from Hobby Craft: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €49 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Hobby Craft, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Hobby Craft: What matters for motorboats and sports boats 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, Hobby Craft included.
Insuring motorboats and sports boats, 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 Hobby Craft.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Hobby Craft, build years and cover
Sloop 20 is a sailing yacht from Hobby Craft, built from 1975 to 1992.
Hobby 3,25 Family is a motorboat from Hobby Craft, built from 1977 to 1984.
Hobby 3,60 Sport is a motorboat from Hobby Craft, built from 1977 to 1984.
Hobby Craft 3,25 F is a motorboat from Hobby Craft, built from 1976 to 1983.
Hobby Craft 3,60 S is a motorboat from Hobby Craft, built from 1976 to 1983.
Sloop 17 is a sailing boat from Hobby Craft, built from 1976 to 1983.
For the Sloop 20, Hobby 3,25 Family,
Hobby 3,60 Sport by Hobby Craft and 3 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 Sloop 20 by Hobby Craft 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.
For the Hobby 3,25 Family, Hobby 3,60 Sport, Hobby Craft 3,25 F by Hobby Craft and further series:
On a motorboat the drive is the single most valuable part.
Damage after grounding is covered, an engine failure from wear is not.
For the Sloop 17 by Hobby Craft series:
On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides.
A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.
The Hobby Craft range in figures
These figures come from the model records we keep for Hobby Craft: boat type,
build years and length, nothing estimated.
- motorboat
- 4 models, 1976 to 1984, 3.3 to 3.6 m
- sailing boat
- 1 model, 1976 to 1983, 5.2 m
- sailing yacht
- 1 model, 1975 to 1992, 6 m
Which model was built when?
What does a used Hobby Craft cost?
We hold today’s price ranges by year for 5 models by Hobby Craft.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby 3,25 Family | 1980 to 1981 | €2,100 to €2,700 |
| Hobby 3,60 Sport | 1980 to 1981 | €2,900 to €3,700 |
| Hobby Craft 3,25 F | 1979 to 1980 | €1,900 to €2,700 |
| Hobby Craft 3,60 S | 1979 to 1980 | €2,700 to €3,700 |
| Sloop 20 | 1989 | €13,500 to €17,200 |
Estimate from our boat records, October 2026.
Not a survey.
Hobby Craft insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Hobby Craft are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
