Insuring RIS: cover and premium

inflatables and RIBs · several countries

RIS: brand of compact inflatable boats. NAMMERT insures a RIS 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

inflatables and RIBs

Typical sizes

2,3 to 6,6 m

Premium from

from €49 a year for liability

Worth knowing

RIS; cover, cost and conditions

Compact inflatable boats ran under this name, all of them boats without a rigid hull. The designation consists of a letter for the range and a number that gives not the length but the place in the line up: the S 2 is the smallest boat and the S 50 stands at the top of the range. You recognise them by the short tapered tube ends, the flat slatted floor and the very simple finish with fitted rowlocks and thwarts. Suffixes such as UL mark lighter versions, D and DINGI the pure tender form and HV the variant with greater buoyancy.

Our model records list 40 models of this brand, all of them soft inflatables. Recorded build years run from 1989 to 2005, so production of these models is closed. Forty series are recorded: the S range with 2, 2 UL, 3, 3 D, 6, 6 D, 6 UL, 9, 15, 18, 25, 40 and 50 HV, and the SH models 10 F, 20 F and 25 F. Lengths run from 2.3 to 6.6 metres, half the models between 2.8 and 4.3 metres. A boat of two and a half metres is a tender for the short run ashore; one of six metres is a boat in its own right.

On an inflatable it is the condition of the fabric rather than the build year that sets the value, since the material ages through sunlight, abrasion and simply through time. All of these models now come from closed production, and on a three metre boat the outboard is usually worth more than the boat carrying it.

Questions and answers

Frequent questions

How are the model numbers read?

For RIS: The number gives the place in the line up rather than the length:

the S 2 is the smallest boat and the S 50 stands at the top of the range.

Lengths run from 2.3 to 6.6 metres.

When were these boats built?

For RIS: The recorded build years run from 1989 to 2005 across 40 series,

all of them inflatables without a rigid hull.

The cover that fits

For RIS: What matters for inflatables and RIBs 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, RIS included.

Insuring inflatables and RIBs, every brand and every condition

Other builders in this class

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Nautical information What counts before you cast off, papers, equipment, waters

Licence

Required inland and at sea from 15 hp (11.03 kW); below that, none.

Registration

Registration from 3 hp; carry the boat certificate on maritime shipping routes.

Waters

Inland lakes, the coast and the Wadden Sea, mind the tide tables and the fairway.

Equipment

Lifejackets, paddles, pump, repair kit, anchor gear and signalling equipment.

Cruising range

RIBs close to the coast; check air pressure before every trip and after temperature swings.

Weather

From Beaufort 4 the ride turns hard, and offshore wind sharply raises the risk of drifting.

General guidance, not a complete account;

what governs are the rules of the waters you are on and the manual of your RIS.

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

Series by RIS, build years and cover

S 2

S 2 is an inflatable without engine from RIS, built from 1998 to 2005.

S 2 UL

S 2 UL is an inflatable without engine from RIS, built from 1995 to 2005.

S 3