Finance
If you’re thinking about owning your own boat, whether you are an experienced yachtsman or new to the industry, we have financing purchasing options in place.
General Yachting and Leisure Finance Ltd is a partner of Shepherds and has designed a number of finance solutions for private individuals and professionals. Thanks to our partnership, we are able to offer our customers these solutions for financing your yacht ownership, giving added flexibility to your purchase.
Our in-house Finance and Insurance Manager, Myles Cunliffe, is able to advise customers directly with any ownership or purchasing queries they have.
Insurance & Warranties
Boat insurance. Comes with crew.
When you take out a policy with Haven Knox-Johnston, you get great cover plus your very own support crew – us.
We’re a close-knit bunch at HK-J, with years of insurance experience between us. And many of us are keen boating enthusiasts, too. If you do need to claim we’ll aim to get you back on an even keel just as fast as we can. Promise.
Be sure to mention Shepherds when we ask how you heard about us.
Haven Knox-Johnston is a trading name of Aston Lark Limited Registered in England and Wales No: 02831010 Registered office: Ibex House, 42-47 Minories, London, EC3N 1DY. Aston Lark Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
The UK's leading online boat insurance specialists
As the UK's leading on-line boat insurance specialist, we offer bespoke policies for a wide range of boats, from yachts and motor cruisers to dinghies, RIBs, and narrowboats.
Our competitive premiums reflect the savings we make by cutting out the paper chase rather than cutting back on cover or service. And all policies are underwritten by the Zurich Insurance plc, one of the world's largest insurers.
Authorised & regulated by the FCA (309693)
We’ve been doing Insurance differently for 20 years.
We understand that boat owners need specialist Insurance that reflects the type of Boat they own and where they use it.
Our fresh approach to insurance is all about making Insurance easy-to-buy, simple-to-understand, jargon-free and excellent value. This approach has helped us attract over 220,000 sports, leisure, personal and business insurance policyholders and over 1 million website visitors every year.
Insure4Boats® is a registered trademark and trading name of Ripe Insurance Services Limited which is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority No.313411.
Protect your investment with a Boats & Yachts Warranty
Your boat is likely to be one of the largest investments you'll make in your life, so why leave it without mechanical breakdown protection?
Every year 1,000’s of owners are left unprotected when their boat or yacht manufacturer's warranty expires leaving them vulnerable to huge repair bills. Modern boats are complex and expensive to fix if they go wrong, the high labour charges alone can be crippling.
Don't let a costly repair spoil your boating fun, make sure you're covered today.