Insuring Shetland Boats: cover and premium

motorboats and sports boats · the United Kingdom

Shetland Boats builds motorboats and sports boats in the United Kingdom. NAMMERT insures a Shetland 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

the United Kingdom

Class

motorboats and sports boats

Typical sizes

5 to 9 m

Premium from

from €49 a year for liability

Worth knowing

Shetland 4

Shetland 535

Shetland 610

Shetland Boats; cover, cost and conditions

Shetland builds compact GRP cabin boats between 4 and 6 metres in England, plain boats for canals, rivers and sheltered coast, widespread in Great Britain and the Netherlands. They are inland boats in the classic sense: small engines, low speed, durable hull. For insurance, inland boating means above all locks, bridges and other boats in narrow water.

The most frequent damage on inland waters does not occur under way but while manoeuvring, mooring, locking, turning in the canal. It is damage to your own boat from contact with sheet piling, lock wall or neighbouring boat, and damage to the neighbouring boat caused by your own. The former is covered by the full hull cover, the latter by third-party liability. For inland boaters the combination of the two building blocks is therefore the sensible basic set-up, not hull insurance alone.

Questions and answers

Frequent questions

What is the biggest risk on inland waters?

For Shetland: Manoeuvring damage when mooring and locking.

Damage to your own boat is covered by the full hull cover,

damage to the neighbouring boat by third-party liability; on the canal you need both.

The cover that fits

For Shetland: 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, Shetland included.

Insuring motorboats and sports boats, every brand and every condition

Other builders in this class

Saver Saxdor Scand Scarab Sea Ray Sea Rider Sea Sprite Sea Star / Sunny Sealine Seaswirl Selco Sessa Marine Silver (Finnland) Skater Powerboats Skibsplast Solarsky / Tysk Solcio Solemar Starcraft Sting Stingray Sunbird Sunsation Powerboats Suvi

Directory of all makes from A to Z

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 Shetland.

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

Series by Shetland, with value and cover

Shetland 27 / 28

Shetland 27 / 28 is a motor yacht from Shetland (the United Kingdom), built from 1975 to 1995,

and today changes hands at between €12,000 and €30,000.

Shetland 640 / 690

Shetland 640 / 690 is a motorboat from Shetland (the United Kingdom), built from 1980 to 2005,

and today changes hands at between €9,000 and €24,000.

Shetland 4 plus 2 / 570

Shetland 4 plus 2 / 570 is a motorboat from Shetland (the United Kingdom), built from 1975 to 2010,

and today changes hands at between €4,000 and €20,000.

Shetland 4 / 535 / 610

Also a motorboat, built from 1970 to 2010, €4,000 to €24,000.

Shetland Family Four 536 / 540

Shetland Family Four 536 / 540 is a motorboat from Shetland (the United Kingdom),

built from 1975 to 2000,

and today changes hands at between €3,000 and €13,000.

Shetland Black Hawk 19

Shetland Black Hawk 19 is a motorboat from Shetland (the United Kingdom), built from 1980 to 1998,

and today changes hands at between €4,000 and €15,000.

Shetland 535 / 570 cabin boat

Shetland 535 / 570 cabin boat is a motorboat from Shetland (the United Kingdom),

built from 1975 to 2000,

and today changes hands at between €4,000 and €16,000.

What this means for the cover

For the Shetland 27 / 28, Shetland Family Four 536 / 540,

Shetland Black Hawk 19 by Shetland and 1 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 Shetland 640 / 690, Shetland 4 plus 2 / 570 and Shetland 4 / 535 / 610 by Shetland 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 Shetland 27 / 28 by Shetland series:

On motor yachts the drive and the electronics together make up about half the value.

Both belong in the valuation, otherwise the sum insured is too low.

For the Shetland 640 / 690, Shetland 4 plus 2 / 570,

Shetland 4 / 535 / 610 by Shetland 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.

All series at a glance

The Shetland range in figures

These figures come from the model records we keep for Shetland: boat type, build years and length,

nothing estimated.

motorboat: 45 models, 1966 to 2014, mostly 4.6 to 6.4 m
motor yacht: 4 models, 1973 to 2017, 7 to 8.1 m

Which model was built when?

Sailing boat Motorboat RIBEach bar is one Shetland model, running from its first to its last year of build. The colour shows the type of boat. Showing 24 of 49 models.

What does a used Shetland cost?

We hold today’s price ranges by year for 33 models by Shetland.

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
Black Prince	1978	€15,300 to €19,500
Four plus two	1998	€11,600 to €14,800
Four plus two HT	1998	€14,400 to €18,300
Shetland 2+2	1971 to 1985	€12,400 to €16,800
Shetland 27 Inboard	2011	€43,200 to €55,000
Shetland 27 Outboard	2013	€30,500 to €38,900
Shetland 29i	2011	€44,000 to €56,000
Shetland 4 plus 2	1992 to 1997	€10,500 to €14,300
Shetland 4 plus 2 HT	1990 to 1997	€8,600 to €13,800
Shetland 498	1977 to 1987	€4,200 to €5,900
Shetland 503	1985 to 1987	€5,700 to €7,600
Shetland 535	1969 to 1992	€7,200 to €15,700
Shetland 536	1983 to 1987	€7,800 to €10,400
Shetland 540	1981	€11,200 to €14,200
Shetland 570 Black Hawk	1972 to 1992	€8,900 to €13,000
Shetland 610	1974 to 1982	€12,600 to €17,500
Shetland 640	1974 to 1989	€9,300 to €14,600
Shetland 760	1976 to 1980	€14,900 to €20,400
Shetland Alaska 500	1994 to 1999	€5,100 to €8,700
Shetland Alaska 600	1997 to 1998	€8,700 to €11,200
Shetland Cadet	1984 to 1997	€4,500 to €7,000
Shetland Dinghy	1977 to 1978	€2,800 to €3,600
Shetland Dolphin 11	1996 to 1998	€3,200 to €4,300
Shetland Dolphin 14	1996 to 1998	€3,400 to €4,700
Shetland Dolphin Cadet	1996 to 1998	€4,800 to €6,500
Shetland Dolphin fish	1996	€5,000 to €6,400
Shetland Family Four	1980 to 1985	€6,500 to €9,100
Shetland FF	1985 to 1986	€7,400 to €9,500
Shetland Saker	1997 to 1999	€8,600 to €11,700
Shetland Sealark	1975 to 1984	€3,100 to €4,200
Shetland SL 18	1970 to 1974	€6,100 to €8,500
Shetland SL 21	1970 to 1974	€12,800 to €17,700
Shetland Speedwell	1973 to 1974	€15,100 to €19,400