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Travel insurance in Europe and Worldwide for trips where you will be participating in yachting.
Whether going on a yachting holiday or whilst on holiday and going yachting on an incidental basis ensure that your travel insurance covers this activity.
Almost half of yachting injuries are from free running, i.e. when there is gybe in place or wild gybing : most of these are at the boom end of the boat and the remainder at the sheet, side stay and spinnaker pole. Obviously depending on weather conditions there is more risk of injury.
Good protective equipment should be used when yachting including the appropriate clothing.
Most yacht owners have their own insurance and if its not your boat then make sure that the owner has adequate insurance. Usually the owner’s insurance will cover personal injury to others on the boat should they get injured but this is a grey area and some negligence claims have arisen in recent times.
Common illnesses are sea sickness obviously, dehydration and hypothermia. Make sure you are reasonably fit as well, back pain is quite common.
: are the 12 nautical miles from the mean low water mark at the coast. Therefore sailing within or outside of territorial waters is usually limited by this distance i.e. less than 12 nautical miles is within and more than 12 nautical miles is outside. This is not a definition as there are various exceptions to this general rule, such as estuaries, archipelago's and disputed waters.