Insurance Question for Canada

[GMGuy]

Hey,
My insurance company says they are having troubles insuring my 1995 Cee Bee Avenger 20', because it does not have a Transport Canada Capacity label on it. The label shows number of passengers and Max HP allowed on a boat. This is a California boat from the 90's, there was no label on it then. I have a Merc 200 xRi, and they want to know if its rated for that HP. Does anyone have information on what it is rated for?
Thanks in Advance,
Ralph

[HIMAGAIN]

you have a pm

[MattGreen]

Transport Canada has a guideline on calculating maximum horsepower for a given boat based on beam, freeboard, length, hull style, etc. It is not geared to performance boats and will arrive at a number far lower than what you would want. There's a booklet on their website you can download to explain it. You submit it to them (and If I recall correctly) they will issue you a capacity sticker. If you can get acceptable insurance without doing this I suggest avoid it. Not sure what advice Jason (Himagain) gave you but I'd advise following it - he's the expert.

Matt

[Dave Strong]

Its 20' long shouldn't need it, wasn't till mid to late 2000 that you needed HP rating on 20' outboards. I have used Co-op for years they don't care about HP, have had claims and they were great.

Dave

[GMGuy]

Thanks for the information guys, I have been messaging Jason, back and forth, and he has been helpful. I suspected that I didn't want to go to Transport Canada for their "advice", as I would likely have to put a 9.9hp on my boat.....