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Hillbillylad · 02-01-2012, 14:48

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Originally Posted by familycruisers

I need to decide full or liability. 120 for liability, 230 for full w/ survey. That can be done for 250 and is good for 5 yrs. I paid 1k for the boat, boated most my life, pretty sure any accident with another craft will be the other guys fault. So watcha think I should do?

That's the sort of cover I'm looking for. you'll have to hook me up with this guy

peghall · 02-01-2012, 15:06

I'm 99% certain that would qualify him, and therefore you.

Originally USAA was only for active duty and retired officers in any of the four services...then they made former dependents eligible (which is how, as an Army Brat, I became a USAA member 37 years ago)...about 10 years ago USAA made active and retired non-coms (and their dependents and former dependents) eligible...and just a couple of years ago opened up membership to anyone who's ever served--and their dependents too--provided they were honorably discharged if they aren't still in the reserves or whatever. So that SHOULD make your dad--and you--eligible.

And btw, USAA isn't just insurance any more...their banking and brokerage are among the very best. Check 'em out at USAA.com

sailorboy1 · 02-01-2012, 15:08

threads like this, autopilots, GPS, guns, anchors. rules of the road ............. all combine to make me more scared of other boaters than the dangers I worried about when I started sailing!

Mike OReilly · 02-01-2012, 15:18

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Originally Posted by Don Lucas

threads like this, autopilots, GPS, guns, anchors. rules of the road ............. all combine to make me more scared of other boaters than the dangers I worried about when I started sailing!

Don't worry Don. I bet you can buy insurance for this fear as well

(Sorry. This was cheeky -- but I just had to)

goboatingnow · 02-01-2012, 15:27

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Originally Posted by Seahunter

Uninsured, unlicensed, inexperienced, unsurveyed, unkempt = expensive + irresponsible.

Nonsense, loads of activities are uninsured. That does not make people irresponsible. Remember it's not called an "accident" for nothing

Dave

Rakuflames · 02-01-2012, 15:29

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Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Uhm ... that's why I said to the limits of the policy and the deductible. It's not zero, your risk is to those limits.

Yes, that was me (and a few others as well).

Here again you are proving my point. What are the real odds of this happening? Very, very low indeed. Anecdotes and single events only prove something is possible. But they don't tell how probable an event is. If you fear everything that is possible, then you don't need insurance, you need therapy

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In my country you would have to show negligence to make this kind of claim stick. Perhaps US law is different, but here no judge would even hear a case over someone tripping over a line (even a misplaced one) on a boat: "Can you image? A line on a boat the wasn't properly stowed?!? Incredible"

All too often our society (at least here in Canada and the US) is driven to enact new policies or regulations based on unlikely events. At the same time we take incredible risks (driving a car!) and think nothing of it. It's irrational ... except if you are an insurance company who makes money off irrational fear. Then it's supremely rational

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Who "fears" something?

Sorry, but if I'm on your boat in rolling water or a storm, in the dark, and you send me forward, and I trip badly enough to hurt myself significantly, you ARE liable -- whether you have insurance or not.

If it happens because I wasn't paying attention to the water, or the storm, or whether you were about to tack (and announced it), it's "my bad."

That's the attitude *i* would take. On land if someone falls on your property, the courts pretty much assume it to be the property owner's fault, but marine law is different.

But there would be plenty to be sensibly worried about if a nearby boat was on fire. Dismissing that as "so fearful one needs therapy" is so extreme that such a person thinking that way might ... well ... need therapy.

Rakuflames · 02-01-2012, 15:31

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Originally Posted by vcsmithuk

This just gave me my humour fix for the evening. Brilliant.

But it would hardly fit anyone here. Fearful people don't take up sailing and stick with it.

sailorboy1 · 02-01-2012, 15:33

Once people start using the words "marine" and "law" all bets are off! This is my experience after years here on CF!

vcsmithuk · 02-01-2012, 15:48

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Originally Posted by Rakuflames

Who "fears" something?

On land if someone falls on your property, the courts pretty much assume it to be the property owner's fault, but marine law is different.

In which case I'm rather glad marine law is different, as it's quite absurd to think that someone could walk into my house, accidentally fall down my stairs or something and it's somehow my fault because I didn't say where the light switch was or something equally stupid. What happened to personal responsibility and accepting consequences? Why is it always someone elses fault? In the end it would be an individual choice to go to the foredeck in whatever conditions. You could always say no.

vcsmithuk · 02-01-2012, 15:54

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Originally Posted by Rakuflames

But it would hardly fit anyone here. Fearful people don't take up sailing and stick with it.

Still made me laugh though.

**atoll** · 02-01-2012, 16:06

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Originally Posted by vcsmithuk

Still made me laugh though.

don't think raku has actally sailed any where,he is still doing a risk assesment lol

IslandHopper · 02-01-2012, 16:14

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Originally Posted by atoll

don't think raku has actally sailed any where,he is still doing a risk assesment lol

Ouch..!!

**Ex-Calif** · 02-01-2012, 17:00

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Originally Posted by Rakuflames

Sorry, but if I'm on your boat in rolling water or a storm, in the dark, and you send me forward, and I trip badly enough to hurt myself significantly, you ARE liable -- whether you have insurance or not.

If it happens because I wasn't paying attention to the water, or the storm, or whether you were about to tack (and announced it), it's "my bad."

That's the attitude *i* would take. On land if someone falls on your property, the courts pretty much assume it to be the property owner's fault, but marine law is different.

I think you just crossed my liability threshold - LOL

I carry full medical and accident/dismemberment etc. insurance. I am the proverbial worth more lost at sea dude.

But I would never, never, ever, ever, sue a Skipper for injuring myself on a boat. That is the ultimate rudeness.

The only exception might be if I "paid" for training of some kind and the operation was truly negligent and I was truly hurt badly enough to affect future employment or quality of life.