Next message: William Carter, Ph.D.: "RE: lv-ab: Garmin sux"
>One cost some wood boat owners forget to mention is the
> exorbitant cost of insurance. We insure our plastic
>Freedom 39 that is valued at over 100K for a couple of
>hundred dollars LESS per year than our friend with a
>similar sized wood sailboat valued at 20K. His
>coverage also restricts him to sailing within the Bay.
That could very well be true, but unless it's the same type policy from the
same company, I wouldn't take it as gospel. I've seen the same coverage
for plastic boats vary by double or more, depending on the company, not the
type boat. Are we comparing apples to apples?
Gene Gruender
Rainbow Chaser
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