Meltemi, in the boat insurance glossary
Boat insurance term, area: Hull
The meltemi is the summer north wind of the Aegean. From June to September it sets up between high pressure over the Balkans and low pressure over Asia Minor and can blow for days on end, usually force 5 to 7 and more in the funnels between the Cyclades. It does not arrive suddenly, it simply never stops. Boats at anchor in open bays drag during the night and mooring lines chafe along the mole. Two questions in the wording decide what such a wind means for a hull claim: the force from which weather counts as a storm, and whether damage below that force is treated as an accident to the vessel.
What to check: From what wind force does your wording call the weather a storm? And if the anchor drags below that force and the boat ends up aground, does the hull section still answer for the damage as an accident to the vessel?
Related topics
- Chartering in the Cyclades in high summer: what the meltemi means for route and harbours
- Chartering in Chalkidiki: keeping clear of Mount Athos, the meltemi and long passages
- Flotilla sailing: who is in charge and who is liable?
- Chartering in the Northern Sporades: the rules of the Alonissos marine park
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