Wifey B: Looking at a couple of recent threads, I thought this might be a good topic.
1. You must must must see all mail promptly. Lots of trashy old fashioned, ancient type snail mail fulfills legal requirements when mailed and if you don't see it, then it's your problem, not the sender. Also, put everything you can online so you don't depend on getting things like your home electric bill in the mail.
2. Be sure you've read and know every thing there is to know about your insurance. Storms, locations, exclusions, activities. Young girl loses her mind on drugs and goes ape s..t crazy on your boat, throwing everything not attached and some that is into the deep blue sea. :lol: Or, just you accidentally didn't lock the door. Also, don't trust the agent to do his or her job. You verify all.
3. Inventories and photographs, home and boat.
4. Check bank accounts and credit cards daily, set up alerts, monitor while on the water. You may use credit cards in some shady places and be at risk. Dumb waiter takes forever to return card and signed slip. Maybe he wasn't so dumb, just crooked.
5. Health insurance. Be sure it's got a wide group of physicians and facilities. Original medicare and supplements do, but many advantage plans aren't worth much when you're far from home. When the nearest plan doctor of your HMO is 2000 miles away, a problem.
6. If you're going to leave your boat somewhere for a trip home, then security and monitoring systems and alarms to notify you might be worthwhile. Also, perhaps someone trustworthy locally to check on it.
That's all for now as I want others to chime in and add things. Hopefully most learned without bad experiences but I'm sure some learned the hard way.
1. You must must must see all mail promptly. Lots of trashy old fashioned, ancient type snail mail fulfills legal requirements when mailed and if you don't see it, then it's your problem, not the sender. Also, put everything you can online so you don't depend on getting things like your home electric bill in the mail.
2. Be sure you've read and know every thing there is to know about your insurance. Storms, locations, exclusions, activities. Young girl loses her mind on drugs and goes ape s..t crazy on your boat, throwing everything not attached and some that is into the deep blue sea. :lol: Or, just you accidentally didn't lock the door. Also, don't trust the agent to do his or her job. You verify all.
3. Inventories and photographs, home and boat.
4. Check bank accounts and credit cards daily, set up alerts, monitor while on the water. You may use credit cards in some shady places and be at risk. Dumb waiter takes forever to return card and signed slip. Maybe he wasn't so dumb, just crooked.
5. Health insurance. Be sure it's got a wide group of physicians and facilities. Original medicare and supplements do, but many advantage plans aren't worth much when you're far from home. When the nearest plan doctor of your HMO is 2000 miles away, a problem.
6. If you're going to leave your boat somewhere for a trip home, then security and monitoring systems and alarms to notify you might be worthwhile. Also, perhaps someone trustworthy locally to check on it.
That's all for now as I want others to chime in and add things. Hopefully most learned without bad experiences but I'm sure some learned the hard way.