13 July, 2017
As part of their day out visiting places of nautical interest, the Admiral Yacht Insurance team spent a windswept hour exploring the Needles Old Battery on the western tip of the Isle of Wight, high above the iconic Needles. The guns at the Needles Old Battery have weathered many storms and have sen…
26 April, 2017
As corporate sponsor and long term supporter of the World Cruising Club, organisers of the annual Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, Admiral Yacht Insurance were pleased to be able to participate in the WCC’s Ocean Cruising Seminar recently held in Guildford. Combining classroom lectures with group discus…
20 October, 2016
Boat diesel fuel bug contamination not only has the potential to be dangerous, starving your boat engine of fuel just when you need it most, but also a frustrating waste of both time and money, wrecking engines and corroding fuel tanks for both boat and yacht owners. Unfortunately with the introdu…
06 July, 2016
Admiral Yacht Insurance is pleased to be members of the YDSA and we receive the Yacht Designers and Surveyors Association monthly newsletter, which highlights interesting technical topics in the marine world. We spotted Tony Tucker’s useful article on Boat Fire Extinguishers in the June 2016 newslet…
08 June, 2016
The English Channel is classified as the world’s busiest waterway, with an average of over 400 commercial shipping movements a day. For a yacht under way in the channel, maintaining a good all-round lookout is therefore imperative to remaining safe and sailing around shipping. With its hull silhoue…
15 October, 2015
Yachting incidents and accidents arise in a whole variety of circumstances, so to keep it simple we will deal with one of the most common examples – colliding with a moored yacht when leaving a marina as can often happen when visitors are not familiar with local conditions, and marinas are crammed f…
11 October, 2015
Before you leave her for the Winter months. A handy end of season checklist from our Claims Manager Bob Samuels at Admiral Yacht Insurance: With the UK and Northern European seasons drawing to a close, now is a good time to take stock with a notepad of everything that needs sorting as you watch her…
26 June, 2015
Bob Samuels, Admiral Yacht Insurance’s Claims Manager, writes : “We have had some unseasonably strong blows on the South Coast this year and whilst I was out in my Shrimper in Poole last weekend, it was very discouraging to see at least three well found yachts on moorings with the remains of shredde…
19 May, 2015
If you are a yacht owner or looking to become a yacht owner then one of the most important things on your list will be yacht insurance and how to ensure that the policy you sign up for fits both your sailing plans and your budgeting requirements. Is it a legal requirement to have Yacht Insurance in…
12 March, 2015
Some routine maintenance and simple installation improvements can help you avoid rig failure and a yacht insurance claim. Admiral Yacht Insurance has a number of tips to guide you. Amongst the most frequent yacht insurance claims are those relating to rig failures, many of which could be avoided. Ad…
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