Insuring Stéphan: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Stéphan: french yard from Concarneau building coastal sailing yachts. NAMMERT insures a Stéphan 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
6,5 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Stéphan; cover, cost and conditions
Stéphan was a boatyard in Concarneau, the fishing and boatbuilding port in southern Brittany. Its signature boat is the Mousquetaire, drawn in the 1960s by Jean-Jacques Herbulot. The Mousquetaire counts among the first French family cruisers with a fixed keel to be series built in polyester, which places it right at the moment when wooden hulls gave way to composite ones that were quicker to build and stood up better to damp and rot. You know one by its flush deck, fixed keel and low, stretched profile. Under the name Mousquetaire Club the design is still sailing along the French coast.
Our model records hold a single Stéphan design: the Mousquetaire sailing yacht, 6.48 metres long, built from 1967 to 1981. That is fifteen model years of one drawing, produced while French yards were turning glassfibre into a series product. Nothing from the yard reaches into recent build years, so every Mousquetaire on the market today is a used boat of at least four decades. At just under six and a half metres it sits between a large dinghy and a small cabin yacht: enough room for a family weekend, small enough for a road trailer and a modest berth.
An early polyester hull deserves a careful look before purchase. Check the keel bolts and the area where the keel meets the hull, look for osmosis blisters below the waterline and tap the deck for soft patches around fittings. Original rigging from the seventies has usually been replaced, and if it has not, it should be. Many owners trail the boat to the coast and launch from a slipway, so the trailer, its bearings and its lighting are part of the purchase. A well kept Mousquetaire is a forgiving, simple boat for learning coastal sailing.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
Who designed the Mousquetaire?
The French designer Jean-Jacques Herbulot in the 1960s.
It was built by Stéphan in Concarneau and appears in our model records with build years from 1967
to 1981.
How big is a Mousquetaire?
For Stéphan: Our model records give it a length of 6.48 metres.
That makes it a small fixed keel cabin yacht with a flush deck that can still travel on a road
trailer.
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 Stéphan: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Stéphan, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Stéphan: 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, Stéphan 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 Stéphan.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Stéphan, build years and cover
Mousquetaire is a sailing yacht from Stéphan, built from 1967 to 1981.
For the Mousquetaire by Stéphan 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 Mousquetaire by Stéphan 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.
Stéphan insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Stéphan are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
