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Dinghy Insurance
Are you a passionate sailor that likes to take their dinghy out on the water whenever the opportunity arises? If you have a dinghy in your possession you`ll want to keep it that way and make sure it is protected from loss or damage. Getting Dinghy Insurance can be a wise move as you never know when the unthinkable might happen. Suppose you keep your dinghy at the local sailing club and it has intruders one night? Your dreamy dinghy could be loaded onto a trailer and you`ll never see it again. By protecting your dinghy with Dinghy Insurance you`ll ensure that should the unthinkable happen and your dinghy gets stolen you`ll be able to claim for your loss. There are many Dinghy Insurance policies for you to peruse so you should be able to find one that is suitable for your needs. Not all of the policies will be comprehensive though, so it pays to shop around and find one that will cover you for any number of eventualities. You might find that certain types of Dinghy Insurance cover you for the loss of sailing equipment too, plus damage or loss of outboard motors. Most policies won`t cover you for wear and tear on your vessel but damage caused to your boat by other crafts should be covered. Therefore when you purchase your new dinghy you should feel confident about sailing it knowing that you have a comprehensive Dinghy Insurance policy in place. Whether you race your dinghy or use it for more gentile purposes you`ll find Dinghy Insurance will have you protected at all times.

For thousands of years men have sailed the seas. From the earliest trips by the discoverers and settlers of the Americas, Australia and the Pacific Islands, through Odysseus` voyage to Troy and beyond to the time of Swashbucklers in the Caribbean mankind has made exciting voyages to the far corners of the world.

In those early days hard cold steel and brass protected the men and their ships. Today we have boat insurance, GPS systems, sonar and underwater charts.

While boat insurance is not as glamorous as a fancy cutlass nor as exciting as a cannon it does offer the boat owner something that all the cutlasses and cannons cannot. It can replace your ship if you lose it. In the wild and wooly days of wooden ships and iron men you usually needed one ship to steal another.

Why not just sail away or blast somebody to flinders if they are trying to steal your boat?

I must make a confession; I make a terrible sailor. I am one of those people that Dramamine was invented for. I get seasick watching a pirate movie or riding a Washington State Ferry, that is hardly a rough ride at sea.

It is usually as steady as a stroll in the park. When my family goes for a good time on the water I am waving merrily from the shore. Why an I happy? I know that my family will be safe; they use life vests, weather radio and GPS and have boat insurance.

I on the other hand will not be `feeding the fishes` and watching the roll of the horizon waiting for the next `heave ho`.

As a young man I was fascinated by everything related to the sea. Vikings and their ocean riding serpents, pirates and their magnificent galleons, the US Navy and their valiant ships of steel were all fodder for my young imagination.

I loved to dream about the time of cannons and cold steel when men were men and lived by the code of the sea. Now we have the GPS, sonar and boat insurance. Still I make a lousy sailor.

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