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Risk Taker 03-16-2004 11:03 PM


Originally posted by GLH
I'll bet you $100 an OL 42 GTX worth $700k with Sterlings that can push it passed 120 is cheaper to insure than any $700k Cat that can run 120, all other terms of the policy beiing equal (the "jack" factor is out of this comparaison).
Yup.....probably by about 20% or so.....:) . Glad I could help.......

Maximus 03-17-2004 06:42 AM

oh no risk!
 
Not just yet.......:) We want more info ....if of course you allowed to divulge

So, 20 percent difference in premium for the same 700k to one goes 120 the other 150....sounds like it's in line to me?

GLH... No brused egos here I was lmao. I see your point. But with such a small difference in premium...could their be equality here?

Maximus

GLH 03-17-2004 08:17 AM

We said 120 mph each Max, and I think the premiums are well beyond $10k a year.

Not a problem I will have to deal with anytime soon!

GLH 03-17-2004 08:19 AM

Re: oh no risk!
 

Originally posted by Maximus
...could their be equality here?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all boats are created equal"

I'm ok with that I read that somewhere! :D:D

Care Max

T2x 03-17-2004 09:17 AM

If you follow GLH's thoughts to their logical conclusion ....... due to insurance premiums...... Cats are not as good as vees.

Of course.......... vees are still slower, less stable, less fuel efficient, worse handling at high speed (chine walking), and less predictable with steps . However, according to the insurance industry...none of these is safety related.

In most other aspects........... I have to admit......vees are better.

T2x:p

GLH 03-17-2004 09:39 AM


Originally posted by T2x
If you follow GLH's thoughts to their logical conclusion ....... due to insurance premiums...... Cats are not as good as vees.
I would read more suseptible to incure losses. No?

Airpacker 03-17-2004 11:51 AM

Its just like any mis understood insurable risk. Catamaran is a word that scare the hell out of insurers for the most part. Most visualise a dangerous water borne rocket bound to crash, hey , they have rented and watched some freeze frame movies. V's on the other hand are what most of them have or remember growing up at the cottage, not the fastest thing around but anyone can drive one, hell their mommies could drive the 14 footer with the outboard on it so how dangerous can they be?
As for the HIGH premiums in general, remember, insurance funds are a pool of premiums, fewer boats than cars so less of a client list to fill the pool and usually payouts from the boat pool are larger than from the car pool(no pun intended) thusly each client insuring a go fast boat must dump a bigger bucket of cash into the pool to keep it full. Pretty simple really.

GLH 03-17-2004 12:49 PM

Sean you coming out of hibernation there?

Is that 500 back together?

Airpacker 03-17-2004 12:59 PM

Not yet,waiting on new aluminum heads. dam things are back ordered :(

IDRPSTF 03-17-2004 02:10 PM

If I spend $700K on a cat and it only goes 120....It better be 80 feet long with a hooker dispenser on board!


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