They broke my Finn!

   If your site owners offer to replace your mast they would only expect to do it on a liker for like basis surely ? i.e. offer to pay for a second hand mast

If your insurers get involved it will depend on your policy ?. If its new for old that sounds great until you try to order a new mast - several weeks or possibly a few months wait probably

Getting new masts in the UK can be a proper pain

Whatever route you go down get a carbon specialist to repair your broken mast - its amazing what they can do for a fairly small cost. 

Very few Finn masts get broken and are then totally discarded - as a repaired mast they still have value, even as a spare

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rich96 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 20 Jan 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 596	Post Options Post Reply Quote rich96 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: They broke my Finn! Posted: 29 Jul 18 at 5:05pm
	If your site owners offer to replace your mast they would only expect to do it on a liker for like basis surely ? i.e. offer to pay for a second hand mast If your insurers get involved it will depend on your policy ?. If its new for old that sounds great until you try to order a new mast - several weeks or possibly a few months wait probably Getting new masts in the UK can be a proper pain Whatever route you go down get a carbon specialist to repair your broken mast - its amazing what they can do for a fairly small cost. Very few Finn masts get broken and are then totally discarded - as a repaired mast they still have value, even as a spare

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jul 18 at 3:42pm
	In your place I'm not sure I'd get my insurers involved if I could avoid it. Obviously you have to tell them somethings happened, but it might go more smoothly if you simply present a quotation for a new mast to the site owners and try and keep the value of the boat out of it.

snowleopard Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Groupie Joined: 02 Oct 17 Location: Cornwall Online Status: Offline Posts: 66	Post Options Post Reply Quote snowleopard Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jul 18 at 3:28pm
	There it was sitting in the dinghy park minding its own business when there was an overnight storm and a marquee pitched nearby (by the owners of the site) took off and wrapped itself round my mast and snapped it off at deck level. They have agreed to replace the mast but I suspect that may not go smoothly once it becomes apparent that a new carbon mast is likely to cost 3 times what I paid for the boat. Of course I'll have to tell my insurers and let them fight it out with the site owners underwriters. Any tips on how to look after my interests from those who have been through this sort of thing? My objective is to come out with a working boat or the capital I put in so I can get another (not necessarily a Finn)
	One hull good, two hulls better.