Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

Fantastic stuff Seahope. I've just seen the email from insuurers that you forwarded to me and they seem now to be behaving very well so it looks like you'll get a proper refit of the boat paid for by them. Great stuff. I'm really pleased for you especially as you've had 2 months facing a pretty lousy scenario

This makes an interesting case study. A sea cock corroded elctrolytically, due to a wiring mistake that made it an anode. insurers refused to pay because contract excludes losses due to corrosion. But the proximate cause was of cause not corrosion, but the wiring mistake. Insurer's commissioned a metallurgist's report which of course said the seacock corroded. But there was a killer sentence in the report that, unwittingly, in effect confirmed (if read/interpreted correctly) that the cause was indeed lkely to be a wiring mistake. So we used insurer's own report, which they had tried to use against Seahope, to defeat them. Nice outcome! Insurers, check which way the gun is pointing before you pull the trigger

But to be fair to insurers, once they realised their game was up and that Seahope had a sustainable case for a valid claim, they conceded quickly and fully, so all in all I'd say reasonble fair play to them Anyway, all's well that ends well
 
Alls well that ends well!!!

Im Sure mr seahope was thinking the same!!


when I meet you both, drinks are on me!

As I said earlier! Great news and I'm so pleased for seahope! Jfm, as always.... Good work and I want you on my side!

jfm said:
Fantastic stuff Seahope. I've just seen the email from insuurers that you forwarded to me and they seem now to be behaving very well so it looks like you'll get a proper refit of the boat paid for by them. Great stuff. I'm really pleased for you especially as you've had 2 months facing a pretty lousy scenario

This makes an interesting case study. A sea cock corroded elctrolytically, due to a wiring mistake that made it an anode. insurers refused to pay because contract excludes losses due to corrosion. But the proximate cause was of cause not corrosion, but the wiring mistake. Insurer's commissioned a metallurgist's report which of course said the seacock corroded. But there was a killer sentence in the report that, unwittingly, in effect confirmed (if read/interpreted correctly) that the cause was indeed lkely to be a wiring mistake. So we used insurer's own report, which they had tried to use against Seahope, to defeat them. Nice outcome! Insurers, check which way the gun is pointing before you pull the trigger

But to be fair to insurers, once they realised their game was up and that Seahope had a sustainable case for a valid claim, they conceded quickly and fully, so all in all I'd say reasonble fair play to them Anyway, all's well that ends well
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So very pleased for you and glad the stress has eased a bit :)

This really does demonstrate the best of the forum. It brings people from so many walks of life together to help each other out. I know some say it's boring at times but who cares when one of our members has been helped out in such an important way. All credit to JFM and to all the others who help so many out on here.

I feel a group hug coming on ;)
 
A good news story that is well deserved and long awaited. Also great that you got some good help from others of these parts.

Have followed your posts from the start.

Congratulations, hope you get back on the water soon.

P.S. Bow thrusters aren't necessary on a twin engine boat until you need one so go for it. I know nothing about them but mine seems under powered for a 43 (it is not much use in high winds when you need it) so you may want to look into that.
 
Hope you allow me to add my congratulations as well, been following the situation through the post, excellent result and again well done JFM, shows you the power of a educated and knowledgable forum..... As has already been said get yourself and swmbo down the pub....:p:D:(
 
jfm said:
Fantastic stuff Seahope. I've just seen the email from insuurers that you forwarded to me and they seem now to be behaving very well so it looks like you'll get a proper refit of the boat paid for by them. Great stuff. I'm really pleased for you especially as you've had 2 months facing a pretty lousy scenario

This makes an interesting case study. A sea cock corroded elctrolytically, due to a wiring mistake that made it an anode. insurers refused to pay because contract excludes losses due to corrosion. But the proximate cause was of cause not corrosion, but the wiring mistake. Insurer's commissioned a metallurgist's report which of course said the seacock corroded. But there was a killer sentence in the report that, unwittingly, in effect confirmed (if read/interpreted correctly) that the cause was indeed lkely to be a wiring mistake. So we used insurer's own report, which they had tried to use against Seahope, to defeat them. Nice outcome! Insurers, check which way the gun is pointing before you pull the trigger

But to be fair to insurers, once they realised their game was up and that Seahope had a sustainable case for a valid claim, they conceded quickly and fully, so all in all I'd say reasonble fair play to them Anyway, all's well that ends well
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Outstanding. Selfless. Well done.
 
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