Arabian Sea in the southwest monsoon: Severe storms

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Arabian Sea in the southwest monsoon: how the place works

From June to September the southwest monsoon holds six to eight on the Beaufort scale for weeks, with a full grown swell from the southwest and rain that cuts visibility to nothing. In that period the Indian west coast is effectively closed to yachts, and many ports will not take them.

Arabian Sea in the southwest monsoon: what breaks there

Anyone out in the monsoon has sustained loading on rig and fittings and water below. The real danger, though, is having no port to reach when something breaks.

Arabian Sea in the southwest monsoon: what this means for your policy

For this sea area and season many policies have a blackout period, similar to the hurricane rule in the Caribbean. Settle whether such a period applies and which months it covers.

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