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Insuring Stowaway Boats: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Stowaway Boats: british maker of folding sailing dinghies. NAMMERT insures a Stowaway Boats 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
2 to 3,1 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Stowaway Boats; cover, cost and conditions
Stowaway Boats makes folding dinghies: small sailing boats that collapse flat enough to travel in a car boot or sit on the deck of a yacht. The brand grew out of a parting of ways. Steve Rea and Mark Walters first built and sold Seahopper boats together, and their partnership eventually turned into two separate companies, Seahopper and Stowaway. Early Stowaways were close copies of the Seahopper designs, but later development gave them a character of their own. The Kontender goes back to a 1997 design drawn at Walters' request as a larger boat to sit alongside the Mirror. One detail gives a Stowaway away: a keel piece more than 13 centimetres wide, broader than on an original Seahopper.
Our model records list three designs, all classed as sailing boats and all built between 1998 and 2005: the Kontender, the Stowaway 20 and the Stowaway 24. The Kontender is the longest at 3.05 metres, the Stowaway 24 measures 2.4 metres and the Stowaway 20 just over two metres, so the whole range stays well under three and a half metres. None of them reaches into recent build years. According to the source, the three match the Seahopper Scamp, Lighter and Kondor in role. A smaller Stowaway 18 followed later but does not appear in our records. Anyone looking for a Stowaway today is shopping among second-hand boats from eight build years.
A folding boat lives a hard life of being assembled, sailed, taken apart and packed away. On a used example, work every hinge and joint through its full movement and look along the folding seams for wear, cracking or stiffness. Plywood panels deserve a close look at the edges, where water can creep into the layers if varnish or paint has worn through. Check that the thwarts, seats and transom still slot home firmly, since a loose fit makes the hull flex under sail. Count the rig parts too: mast sections, boom, rudder and daggerboard are easily lost between seasons. A boat stored dry and folded tends to age far better than one left assembled in the rain.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
How can a Stowaway be told apart from a Seahopper?
For Stowaway Boats: By the keel piece.
On a Stowaway it is more than 13 centimetres wide,
noticeably broader than on an original Seahopper.
Both brands go back to the same founders, so the early boats in particular look very alike.
Which Stowaway design is the largest?
For Stowaway Boats: The Kontender at 3.05 metres.
In our model records the Stowaway 24 measures 2.4 metres and the Stowaway 20 just over two metres.
All three are listed for the build years 1998 to 2005.
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 Stowaway Boats: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Stowaway Boats, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Stowaway Boats: 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, Stowaway Boats 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 Stowaway Boats.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Stowaway Boats, build years and cover
Kontender is a sailing boat from Stowaway Boats, built from 1998 to 2005.
Stowaway 20 is a sailing boat from Stowaway Boats, built from 1998 to 2005.
Also a sailing boat, built from 1998 to 2005.
For the Kontender, Stowaway 20 and Stowaway 24 by Stowaway Boats 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 Kontender, Stowaway 20, Stowaway 24 by Stowaway Boats series:
On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides.
A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.
The Stowaway Boats range in figures
These figures come from the model records we keep for Stowaway Boats: boat type,
build years and length, nothing estimated.
- sailing boat
- 3 models, 1998 to 2005, 2 to 3.1 m
Which model was built when?
What does a used Stowaway Boats cost?
We hold today’s price ranges by year for 2 models by Stowaway Boats.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kontender | 2001 to 2002 | €2,600 to €3,500 |
| Stowaway 24 | 2001 to 2002 | €2,200 to €2,900 |
Estimate from our boat records, October 2026.
Not a survey.
Stowaway Boats insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Stowaway Boats are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
