Boating New Zealand — January 2018

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is to record details of the electronics they come with, in case

they get stolen.

“For the insurance company to pay out on these things, you

have to be able to prove the loss. Take a photo of them, even just

with your phone, and write down the serial numbers.”

If you have bought the gear yourself, keep details and

receipts. Also, make a copy of instruction books for the boat and

keep the originals at home, with the serial numbers written on

them. “That will give us the make and model and we can work

out exactly what you had, rather than you having to say ‘I think I

had one of those’. Photographs are good, too.”

Mortimer says it’s good to take photos and record details

or dinghies and outboards, too, as these are also often-stolen

items. “It also means when you report it to police it’s really

useful if you as the owner or us as the insurer has that image,

and it someone finds it we can get it back to you as well.” BNZ

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