Insuring Radab AB: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Radab AB: swedish engineering firm behind the Windex 92. NAMMERT insures a Radab AB 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
9,2 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Radab AB; cover, cost and conditions
Radab is the work of two Swedish engineers, Lars Bergström and Sven-Olof Ridder. They set the company up in 1964 while still students at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and the name is an acronym of research and development plus the Swedish AB for a limited company. Two of their ideas are still familiar to sailors today: the Windex, a wind indicator for the masthead, and the B&R rig. They developed that rig after wind tunnel tests at the institute, filed the patent in 1973 and saw it granted in 1975. Its hallmarks are spreaders swept aft by about 25 to 30 degrees and shrouds running diagonally down from the spreader tips, which allow the mast to be prebent and make a backstay optional. The Windex 92 carried the first generation of this rig.
Our model records list exactly one Radab design, the Windex 92 sailing yacht, with build years from 1981 to 1996 and a length of 9.2 metres, so the figure in the name is the length in decimetres. Bergström and Ridder drew the boat themselves. It was built in glassfibre with a seven eighths fractional rig and displaces around 3,000 kilograms, which puts it among the sporty cruisers of its day: light enough to sail fast, roomy enough for a weekend aboard. None of the entries reaches into the most recent build years, and even the last boats of the line are now about three decades old. Anyone looking for one is buying used, often in Sweden or elsewhere around the Baltic.
The rig is where a Windex 92 needs the closest attention. Swept spreaders and diagonal shrouds carry loads differently from a conventional masthead rig, so terminals, spreader roots and chainplates deserve a careful check, and standing rigging of unknown age is worth replacing. A light glassfibre boat of this period can show soft spots in the deck around fittings, so tap the deck and look at the core where hardware has been rebedded. Owners tend to sail these boats actively, on club racing evenings as well as coastal cruises. On a used example, ask for the age of the sails, look for signs of earlier groundings at the keel joint and check that the mast still takes its prebend evenly.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
What is special about the rig of the Windex 92?
For Radab AB: It carries the first generation of the B&R rig developed by Radab's founders
Bergström and Ridder: spreaders swept well aft and diagonal shrouds that make a backstay optional.
Check terminals, spreader roots and chainplates carefully on any used boat.
Which build years does the Windex 92 span?
For Radab AB: Our model records list build years from 1981 to 1996 and a length of 9.2 metres.
Every boat on the market today is therefore at least three decades old.
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 Radab AB: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Radab AB, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Radab AB: 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, Radab AB 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 Radab AB.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Radab AB, build years and cover
Windex 92 is a sailing yacht from Radab AB, built from 1981 to 1996.
For the Windex 92 by Radab AB 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 Windex 92 by Radab AB 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 Radab AB cost?
We hold today’s price ranges by year for 1 models by Radab AB.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Windex 92 | 1984 to 1992 | €14,400 to €26,500 |
Estimate from our boat records, October 2026.
Not a survey.
Radab AB insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Radab AB are all we need.
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