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Spair Marine: builder of classic small sailboats. NAMMERT insures a Spair Marine 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

sailing boats and sailing yachts

Typical sizes

3,8 to 7 m

Premium from

from €39 a year for liability

Worth knowing

Spair Marine; cover, cost and conditions

Spair Marine was a French yard in Douai, in the north of France, that built small cabin sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. Its range included the Maraudeur, drawn by Jean-Jacques Herbulot in 1958 and built in turn by several yards, Spair among them. The Tabasco, a cabin boat of about five metres, was its own model and is described as the last design of Pierre Gutelle. Spair boats sit between dinghy and small cruiser, with a simple cabin for weekends on the coast.

Our model records hold seven Spair Marine entries, all sailing boats. One of them, the Maradeur, is a spelling variant of the Maraudeur, leaving six boats: Piaf, Maraudeur, Tabasco, Midship, Surcouf and Corvette. Five begin in 1965, the Tabasco in 1971, and the Maraudeur and Tabasco run until 1984. Lengths go from the 3.75 metre Piaf to the 7 metre Corvette, with the Maraudeur at 4.83, the Tabasco at 5.2, the Midship at 5.35 and the Surcouf at 5.5 metres.

These little French cruisers are made for tidal coasts, estuaries and lakes, launched from a trailer and happy to sit on a drying mooring where their design allows. After forty years, hull to deck joints, keel attachments and old plywood parts in the interior are the usual places to look before buying.

Questions and answers

Frequent questions

Which Spair models are in the records?

For Spair Marine: Piaf, Maraudeur, Tabasco, Midship, Surcouf and Corvette,

all sailing boats from 3.75 to 7 metres.

The Maraudeur also appears under the spelling Maradeur.

How long were the Maraudeur and Tabasco built?

For Spair Marine: Our records list the Maraudeur from 1965 to 1984 and the Tabasco from 1971 to

1984, the longest runs in the range.

The cover that fits

For Spair Marine: 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, Spair Marine included.

Insuring sailing boats and sailing yachts, every brand and every condition

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Directory of all makes from A to Z

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 Spair Marine.

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

Series by Spair Marine, build years and cover

Maraudeur

Maraudeur is a sailing boat from Spair Marine, built from 1965 to 1984.

Tabasco

Tabasco is a sailing boat from Spair Marine, built from 1971 to 1984.

Maradeur

Maradeur is a sailing boat from Spair Marine, built from 1968 to 1982.

Piaf

Piaf is a sailing boat from Spair Marine, built from 1965 to 1982.

Midship

Midship is a sailing boat from Spair Marine, built from 1965 to 1979.

Corvette

Corvette is a sailing boat from Spair Marine, built from 1965 to 1972.

Surcouf

Surcouf is a sailing boat from Spair Marine, built from 1965 to 1972.

What this means for the cover

For the Maraudeur, Tabasco, Maradeur by Spair Marine and 4 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 Maraudeur, Tabasco, Maradeur by Spair Marine and further series:

On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides.

A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.

All series at a glance

The Spair Marine range in figures

These figures come from the model records we keep for Spair Marine: boat type,

build years and length, nothing estimated.

sailing boat: 7 models, 1965 to 1984, 3.8 to 7 m

Which model was built when?

Sailing boat Motorboat RIBEach bar is one Spair Marine model, running from its first to its last year of build. The colour shows the type of boat.

What does a used Spair Marine cost?

We hold today’s price ranges by year for 4 models by Spair Marine.

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
Corvette	1968 to 1969	€11,700 to €14,900
Maradeur	1971 to 1979	€2,800 to €3,700
Maraudeur	1968 to 1981	€2,800 to €3,900
Tabasco	1974 to 1981	€4,100 to €5,500