Red Sea Safari (Rally) - Winter 2014 /2015

miyagimoon said:
Whats the agenda behind this comment?
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Egypt is a dangerous country for foreigners, especially with the political unrest.
I was in the valley of the Kings a month before 80 tourists were executed by terrorists some years ago. Scary seeing the actual place i was standing riddled with bullet holes.......

Officials say they are taking seriously a reported ultimatum by Islamist militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis for tourists to leave the country.
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As the organiser of this trip you will of course have a legal 'duty of care' to make sure your clients are safe, that will mean carrying out due diligence.
 
rustybarge said:
Egypt is a dangerous country for foreigners, especially with the political unrest.
I was in the valley of the Kings a month before 80 tourists were executed by terrorists some years ago. Scary seeing the actual place i was standing riddled with bullet holes.......


As the organiser of this trip you will of course have a legal 'duty of care' to make sure your clients are safe, that will mean carrying out due diligence.
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Dear rustybarge,

Your comments are duly noted and your advise is appreciated.
 
I have not read through all the thread but I do know of two interested boats.
They are both insured with Pants who refuse to insure them on a venture to this destination.
Has anyone found the same?
 
Nostrodamus said:
I have not read through all the thread but I do know of two interested boats.
They are both insured with Pants who refuse to insure them on a venture to this destination.
Has anyone found the same?
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From previous experience we found that a lot of insurance companies will not cover trips to the Red Sea. Navigator & General did, so did GJW (but only existing customers).

The company we were with last time we were planning our trip to the Red Sea wanted to double our Premium and raise the excess from £350.00 to £10,000.00.

The reasoning behind these heavy premiums and excess figures is not to do with terrorism or the actual sailing risk but to do with the fact that in the Red Sea there is basically no skills or facilities to undertake Yacht repair. Any vessel suffering major damage may well have to be shipped to the Med by the insurer at a cost of around £800 / foot. That's before any repair work is undertaken.


We ended up using Y Yacht Insurance who did not impose such heavy premiums or excesses. Y Yachting is owned by the previous MD of Pants UK.

Last winter there were over 20 yachts in the Red Sea the same time as us, I assume they all had insurance as you cannot transit the Suez Canal without it.
 
miyagimoon said:
From previous experience we found that a lot of insurance companies will not cover trips to the Red Sea. Navigator & General did, so did GJW (but only existing customers).

The company we were with last time we were planning our trip to the Red Sea wanted to double our Premium and raise the excess from £350.00 to £10,000.00.

The reasoning behind these heavy premiums and excess figures is not to do with terrorism or the actual sailing risk but to do with the fact that in the Red Sea there is basically no skills or facilities to undertake Yacht repair. Any vessel suffering major damage may well have to be shipped to the Med by the insurer at a cost of around £800 / foot. That's before any repair work is undertaken.


We ended up using Y Yacht Insurance who did not impose such heavy premiums or excesses. Y Yachting is owned by the previous MD of Pants UK.

Last winter there were over 20 yachts in the Red Sea the same time as us, I assume they all had insurance as you cannot transit the Suez Canal without it.
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Thank you for the clarification.. I will pass your details on to two boats who I know were very interested.
 
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