Insuring Robertsons: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Robertsons: historic Scottish yard on the Clyde. NAMMERT insures a Robertsons 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
7,4 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Robertsons; cover, cost and conditions
Alexander Robertson & Sons was a boatyard at Sandbank in Argyll, on the Clyde on Scotland's west coast. Alexander Robertson, a shipwright of 25, started repairing boats there in 1876, first in partnership with Daniel Kerr and later on his own. Over the decades Sandbank turned out wooden yachts, among them racing yachts to designs by William Fife III, George Lennox Watson and Alfred Mylne, the America's Cup challengers Sceptre of 1958 and Sovereign of 1963, Fairmile motor launches during the Second World War and lifeboats for the RNLI. The family sold the business in 1965. From then on the yard fitted out glassfibre boats such as the Piper, the Etchells and Ohlson designs, until it closed in 1980 after 104 years.
Our model records hold one design under Robertsons: the Piper One Design, listed as a sailing boat of 7.44 metres with build years from 1963 to 1984. Nothing reaches into the most recent build years. David Boyd drew the Piper at Sandbank, in 1965 and 1966 according to the class history, deriving it from Sovereign, which he had also designed and Robertson had built. The idea was a one-design class for racing on the Clyde. Hulls come from moulds taken off Sandpiper, and the first 14 hulls and decks were laid up by Marine Plastics in Grimsby before being fitted out and rigged in Scotland. Our records start in 1963 while the design is dated 1965 and 1966, so the paperwork of an individual boat deserves a careful read.
Every Piper afloat today has several decades behind it. Glassfibre of that age is usually sound, but it is worth checking the keel bolts and the area around the keel root, the chainplates and the deck fittings for movement or weeping. One-design boats are often raced hard, so a boat with a long club history may have had a few bumps along the gunwale and new sails over the years. The class association and old regatta results can help trace a hull's past. Many owners keep their Piper on a mooring through the season and lift it out in autumn, which makes a careful look at the cradle supports and the hull bottom part of every haul-out.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
Who designed the Piper One Design?
For Robertsons: David Boyd, who had also drawn the America's Cup yacht Sovereign at Sandbank.
The Piper is derived from her and was built as a one-design class for racing on the Clyde,
listed in our records at 7.44 metres.
Is the Piper still being built?
No, not for Robertsons either: In our model records the Piper One Design ends with build year 1984,
and the Sandbank yard closed in 1980.
Every Piper on the market today is a second-hand boat.
The cover that fits
sailing boat insurance
Tariffs, cover and FAQ for sailing boat insurance in detail.
Third-party liability
The foundation for a boat from Robertsons: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Robertsons, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Robertsons: 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, Robertsons 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
Under sail no licence is needed; with an auxiliary engine from 15 hp one is.
Registration
Official number or boat certificate; a flag document for trips abroad.
Waters
Inland lakes, the Baltic and the North Sea; tide, current and shoals belong in the passage plan.
Equipment
Lifejackets, harness and jackstays, lifebuoy, distress signals, reefing system.
Cruising range
Certificate of insurance for foreign harbours; check that racing is covered.
Weather
Reef in time: first reef from Beaufort 5, second from 6, watch the gust forecast.
General guidance, not a complete account;
what governs are the rules of the waters you are on and the manual of your Robertsons.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Robertsons, build years and cover
Piper One Design is a sailing boat from Robertsons, built from 1963 to 1984.
For the Piper One Design by Robertsons 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 Piper One Design by Robertsons series:
On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides.
A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.
Robertsons insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Robertsons are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
