Yachting Travel Insurance

Enjoy Your Yachting Experience With Cover

Yachting, whether recreational or as a sport, is a great way to explore your travel destination. However, sailing across vast oceans may come at a price. Don't let unforeseen circumstances spoil the holiday of a life time. Should you injure yourself whist yachting, receiving treatment abroad could leave you with large bills to pay. For this reason, we strongly recommend that you purchase adequate travel insurance.

Yachting Inside Territorial Waters

By purchasing comprehensive Yachting Insurance, you will be free to explore the historically rich Greek Isles or the exotic islands that line the Caribbean by ensuring you're fully protected from the unexpected. If you are a passenger yachting inside territorial waters, our Grade 1 sports cover will cover you.

Yachting Outside Of Territorial Waters

If being a passenger on a yacht outside of territorial waters is something appearing on your travel itinerary, then it is definitely the best idea to get Grade 2 sports cover with your travel insurance. Yachting insurance can save you from financial problems should you need hospitalisation, air lifting from a remote area, surgery or other such expensive procedures.

Sand/Land Yachting Travel Insurance

The speed and the size of the yacht is the main reason why sand and land yachting is very hazardous. Both types of yacht can achieve speeds that exceed water-based yachts - their only limiting factor being friction and drag. Collisions with objects, people, and other hazards can be serious. Injuries may require immediate medication, evacuation, surgery, and even rehabilitation, all of which can be pricey if you are not covered by sports travel insurance.

Sand and land yachting is considered a Grade 2 sport, which means that you are at quite a high risk of hurting yourself or other people when engaging in it. Our Grade 2 sports cover will fully inure you when yachting in a single seater out of the water.

Yachting Safety Tips

• If you're a passenger, make sure that you book your yachting trip from a reputable company with an assured safety record and qualified yacht drivers.
• Safe yachting requires favorable weather; therefore it's important to check the weather report before taking to the waters.
• No matter how adept you are at water-sports, when venturing out to sea, make sure you wear a life-jacket at all times.
• Make sure you apply sunscreen with UVA and UVB protection regularly.

Please Note: Essential Travel will not cover persons who fail to adhere to the necessary safety precautions and/ or are found guilty of irresponsible play.