Travel Insurance Claims - True Stories

Yacht accident

FRENCH POLYNESIA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [341]

I was in a small dinghy travelling back to our yacht — which was anchored in a bay in Bora Bora, French Polynesia — when my luck headed south. I had been taking photos of my friends surfing so I was carrying my digital camera inside its waterproof case. Our engine cut out and the wind pushed us onto some rocks by the shore. The dinghy was flipped by a wave and landed on the rocks. I accidentally dropped my camera and case and they hit a rock. The impact caused the case to leak (there must be a small crack, although I am unable to locate it) and seawater seeped inside. The camera no longer works and the case is no longer watertight. I have receipts of the original purchases, however, they are at home in the UK, so, as advised, I posted my instruction booklets to World Nomads to provide proof of ownership.

How World Nomads helped

Reimbursed for camera and waterproof case. (Costs totalled $532.78, but policy had a $100 excess.)

PAID AUD $632.78

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