Travel Insurance for sailing in France

[fittock]

Have just spoken to NatWest with whom we have an annual travel policy, regarding our summer sailing trip to France.

Apparantly if we caught a ferry to France then sailed off the French Coast, we would be covered, but because we are taking our own boat across the channel, and therefore out of the 12 mile zone (albeit only for a few hours) we are not covered - for the whole trip.

Anyone know if this is correct?

Can anyone recommed another travel insurance policy that does cover sailing holidays. Have looked at Bishops Skinner - would cost £198 for both of us. Seems alot, but have nothing else to compare it to.

Also, if there are any 'insurance experts' out there - do you know how to get pre-existing conditions covered? It seems pointless to have insurance that doesn't cover these things, as surely these are the conditions most likely to make a claim necessary??

 

[dralex]

Yes- our family annual policy is about £130, covers offshore sailing and also up to 14 days of skiing. I'll look up the name of the company tonight, but I found it on an insurance search on the web site of the World Ski Association. www.worldski.com I think.

Cheers

Alex

 

[alldownwind]

There was a thread about this a while back, and the company name most often quoted was Direct Travel. I just signed up with them, they include sailing as normal.

 

[dralex]

click4quote.com

 

[andy_wilson]

Generally correct.

Generally also difficult to get re-patriation cover for own boat sailing.

So if you sink or otherwise are unable to bring damaged boat back, you pay for your own way back.

Stranded due to weather and have to get back for work? Return at own cost, even with RYA cover i believe.

 

[Judders]

I have spoken to people in the past about running a tailored scheme for yachtsmen but when the UW manager realised it would require him to use his imagination, he poopoohed the whole thing.

 

[Sailfree]

I did this round and found that all the assurance from various companies were useless as they ALL backed doiwn when I said I would therefore confirm to them in wrtitting that if taken ill in France having travelled there by our own yacht we would be covered. We only found Bishop Skinner policy covered that (there probably are some others!)

Winter Ski Insurance is now covered in the policy at no additional charge so I don't think it so expensive now for the cover given.