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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…

The Admiral Yacht Insurance team are pleased to have supported the fourth Bluewater Weekend, organised by the World Cruising Club and hosted at Berthon Marina in Lymington on the 20-21 May 2017. Designed to make visitors think about all aspects of living the bluewater cruising dream, the event combi…

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…

Lloyd’s Global Development Centre, together with The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA), a non-profit organisation representing UK managing general agents, delivered a third intensive one-day learning programme for 25 of its up-and-coming members, including the Admiral Yacht Insurance Offic…

The Admiral Yacht Insurance MD, Robert Holbrook, recently returned from the Dusseldorf Boat Show 2017 (Boot Dusseldorf) having researched some of the latest new boat designs.  Boot Düsseldorf is the largest boat and water sports trade fair in the world, with more than 360 manufacturers of sailing bo…

Admiral Yacht Insurance, place a lot of importance in maintaining strong relationships with yacht insurance brokers, yacht repairers and yacht surveyors both at home in the UK and abroad.  We make regular visits to refresh our local knowledge of sailing related issues and to meet our contacts on who…

Admiral Yacht Insurance are proud to be celebrating our 25th year of providing insurance to boat owners all over the globe and would like to take this opportunity to thank our policyholders, both past and present, for their support over the years.  It has been a real pleasure to get to know so many…

After a tougher than usual passage from Suwarrow the World ARC cruising fleet were rewarded with a typically warm welcome when making landing at Alofi for the fleet’s stop off at the South Pacific island paradise of Niue Island last May. Niue Yacht Club, known as “The Biggest Little Yacht Club in th…

Arundells , Sir Edward Heath’s former home in Salisbury’s Cathedral Close, will be hosting the third in their series of Morning Cloud Sailing Talks for sailing enthusiasts on Thursday 10th November 2016.  The sailing talks will be delivered by a distinguished line-up of speakers: Sir Chay Blyth, Lau…

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…