Crestliner insurance,
through NBOA.

What makes Crestliner different. Welded, warrantied, Midwest-built.

Crestliner has built aluminum fishing boats in Little Falls, Minnesota since 1946. It's owned by Brunswick — the same parent that owns Lund — and the two brands share design DNA, a freshwater heritage, and a loyal Midwest following. Buyers routinely cross-shop the two.

Where Crestliner differentiates is positioning. Within Brunswick's aluminum portfolio, Crestliner tends to come in as the more value-minded choice — similar engineering, comparable warranty, slightly more accessible pricing. The lifetime hull warranty is a real talking point: it's one of the longer warranties in the aluminum-fishing category, and it's frequently cited by buyers walking out of a dealership with a new rig.

Welded strakes, heavy-gauge hull.

Crestliner hulls are welded aluminum — not riveted — with heavy-gauge bottom plating and welded strakes running the length of the hull. Welding (versus riveting) means fewer fasteners to loosen over decades of pounding, and structural rigidity the hull doesn't lose as it ages. The lifetime hull warranty is backed by that construction choice; Crestliner is willing to stand behind the weld for as long as the original owner holds the boat.

• Welded — not riveted — aluminum hull construction across the lineup, with heavy-gauge bottom plating on the larger deep-V models
• Lifetime limited hull warranty to the original owner — one of the longer warranties offered in the aluminum-fishing category
• Foam-filled below-deck flotation on most models — meets or exceeds USCG level-flotation standards for boats under 20 feet
• Shared design lineage with Lund (same Brunswick parent) — many construction methods, deck layouts, and rigging conventions overlap

Midwest freshwater, value-minded.

Crestliner owners skew Upper Midwest — Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Michigan, Ontario — fishing walleye, bass, muskie, and pike on inland lakes and river systems. They're often cross-shopping Lund at the same dealer lot, and the decision frequently comes down to price and which layout they like better. It's a practical ownership profile: boats get used hard during open-water season, winterized carefully, and kept for a long time. Second- and third-owner Crestliners are common on the used market and insure straightforwardly.

The insurance angle. Where Crestliner shapes the policy.

Crestliners insure a lot like Lunds — same parent company, same carrier panel, same general underwriting treatment. Three things shape how we place coverage specifically: the lifetime hull warranty (which owners sometimes assume replaces insurance — it doesn't), the mix of deep-V versus flat-bottom models (which drives very different navigation territories), and the less-common coastal Sportfish line (which gets underwritten differently than the freshwater lineup).

• Hull warranty ≠ insurance — the lifetime hull warranty covers manufacturer defects in the aluminum hull. It does NOT cover collision, theft, fire, storm damage, liability, or anything a carrier would underwrite. Carriers won't write the warranty out of your premium. Treat them as separate instruments.
• Deep-V versus jon — Fish Hawk and larger PRO/Sportfish models are deep-V hulls suitable for Great Lakes and big-water use; the Retriever line is flat-bottom jon-boat construction for duck hunting and shallow inland water only. Navigation territory on your policy needs to match the hull.
• Sportfish coastal line — the Sportfish models are less common and designed for near-coastal saltwater use. They get underwritten differently (saltwater navigation, corrosion allowances, different survey expectations) than the freshwater lineup. Tell your agent which line you're buying.
• Agreed-value on boats 5+ years old — Crestliners hold value reasonably well, but ACV default on older boats can under-settle a total loss. Agreed-value with a simple condition report is worth the small premium difference on any rig over ~$20K in market value.
• Carriers — we see Crestliners placed most often with Progressive, Nationwide, BoatUS, and Foremost. Same panel as Lund. NBOA shops all of them and places with whichever fits the file best.

This is where an expert at NBOA can step in. As an independent marine insurance brokerage, NBOA quotes Crestliner owners across multiple carriers and matches the policy to how the boat is built, where it runs, and how you actually use it.

Crestliner models we quote.

Beyond the top brands.

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