terry.mcneill
Member
In these finaincially challenging times, the temptation for marinas to 'defer' inspections/maintence of ground tackle securing their arrays of pontoons must be considerable. But whose insurance pays if pontoons break away causing damage to boats?
Is there a standard/periodicity of inspection/maintenance to which the marinas sign up as a confition of their insurance? What if they dont comply, or can't prove that they complied? Is their insurance invalidated?
If so, what if their squeezed purses don't have a few million to spring for a pontoon-load of scrap GRP?
My question is far from hypothetical. I could name several marinas in my area which have had pontoons go walkabout this winter - happily without boats attached. But once the boats get attached for the season, one good blow and bad things could happen.
What does the community think?
Is there a standard/periodicity of inspection/maintenance to which the marinas sign up as a confition of their insurance? What if they dont comply, or can't prove that they complied? Is their insurance invalidated?
If so, what if their squeezed purses don't have a few million to spring for a pontoon-load of scrap GRP?
My question is far from hypothetical. I could name several marinas in my area which have had pontoons go walkabout this winter - happily without boats attached. But once the boats get attached for the season, one good blow and bad things could happen.
What does the community think?
