Once upon a time, owners insured their boats for what they were worth. Should the love of the boat owner's life chance to burst into flames or develop a sudden urge to find the quickest way to Davy Jones Locker, then the insurance companies paid the distraught boat owner the amount the boat was insured for. After all, in the beginning insurance was a boatey business. The British Empire was built on its solid foundations. Oh happy days!

Life is being made more complicated now. Insure a boat for more than its worth and some insurance companies are starting to take the extreme view that the owner has thereby entered knowingly into a fraudulent agreement...so they repudiate the contract and refuse to pay a bean. Oh unhappy Boat Owner! Distraught and penniless.

Owners and insurance companies think they can get round the problem by putting the marine surveyor on the spot. To find out more about this ask your friendly neighbourhood surveyor about the spiralling costs of his liability insurance...and then retreat to a safe distance.

We sell our Good Yacht Guides to boat owners (old and new), boat brokers and marine surveyors. We know our business and are proud of the work of our price analysts. If the buck is to stop anywhere then we are happy for it to stop here with us. So for your own peace of mind why not consult us when you need to know the value of a particular make and model of boat? We are the most trusted name in the business.