Insuring Chris-Craft
motorboats and sports boats · the USA
Chris-Craft builds motorboats and sports boats in the USA. NAMMERT insures boats of this make regardless of year built or where you bought them, liability, hull, legal expenses and personal accident cover from one house, taken out online in five minutes.
At a glance
Origin
the USA
Class
motorboats and sports boats
Typical sizes
5 bis 9 m
Premium from
from €49 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Chris-Craft; cover, cost and conditions
Chris-Craft is the oldest name in American sports boat building and today builds GRP boats in retro style: Launch, Corsair and Catalina quote the mahogany runabouts of the thirties, built with modern laminate and a teak deck. For the insurance, the share of teak and varnish is the decisive point: on these boats it accounts for a considerable part of the value and is the most sensitive surface in hail, storm and vandalism.
With the genuine mahogany classics the case is different. A restored wooden Chris-Craft from the fifties is a collector's item whose value comes solely from its state of preservation. We insure wooden boats with a surcharge from a sum insured of 20,000 euros, and on these boats a valuation report is not optional but the basis of the agreed value. Expect a revaluation after every overhaul of the varnish build-up.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
How do I insure a wooden boat?
Through an agreed value based on a valuation report. From a sum insured of 20,000 euros a surcharge applies to wooden hulls, and in return the value stated in the report is paid in the event of a claim, not a depreciated value.
The cover that fits
For the whole class of boat
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.
Insuring motorboats and sports boats, 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 your boat’s manual. Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Chris-Craft, with value and cover
Launch 25 / 28 is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2005, and today changes hands at between €90,000 and €260,000.
Corsair 27 / 34 is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2005, and today changes hands at between €120,000 and €390,000.
classic before 1970 is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built from 1930 to 1970, and today changes hands at between €15,000 and €180,000.
Launch 22 is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2005, and today changes hands at between €55,000 and €195,000.
Corsair / Capri is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2008, and today changes hands at between €75,000 and €280,000.
Catalina 27 / 34 is a motor yacht from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2010, and today changes hands at between €130,000 and €420,000.
Calypso 26 / 30 is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2015, and today changes hands at between €110,000 and €320,000.
Launch 25 / 28 GT is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2010, and today changes hands at between €165,000 and €295,000.
Calypso 26 / 30 is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2016, and today changes hands at between €195,000 and €395,000.
Catalina 30 / 34 is a motor yacht from Chris-Craft (the USA), built since 2014, and today changes hands at between €295,000 and €560,000.
Chris-Craft Commander / Corsair is a motorboat from Chris-Craft (the USA), built from 1960 to 2015, and today changes hands at between €9,000 and €95,000.
As the series is still in production, parts are available and repair costs are predictable. Even so, value it at replacement cost including retrofitted electronics, not at list price.
On a motorboat the drive is the single most valuable part. Damage after grounding is covered, an engine failure from wear is not.
For a series of this age 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.
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 a series built in these years 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.
Models of this make we insure
Each model has its own page with cover, cost and the points that matter for that boat. Your model not listed? We insure it all the same.
Chris-Craft insured in five minutes.
Calculate the premium online, policy the same day, or call us: +49 3375 / 29 12 77.
