Hazard spot
Chagos and Maldive banks: Shallows and grounding
Chagos and Maldive banks: Atolls with steep edges and coral heads just below the surface. Entrances are only readable with a high sun and calm water.
- Cause
- Shallows and grounding
- Main season
- all year
- Position
- 05° 00,0' S 072° 30,0' E
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Chagos and Maldive banks: how the place works
Wide atoll banks with steep edges: from a thousand metres of water to ten within a boat length, and coral heads stand up without warning inside the lagoon. Navigation goes by eye with the sun high, not by chart, and satellite images here are often more accurate than any chart.
Chagos and Maldive banks: what breaks there
Reef contact is the damage of this area, and it is severe, because coral is hard and sharp. Salvage and a yard are thousands of miles away, and there is no local repair.
Chagos and Maldive banks: what this means for your policy
Check whether reef contact and grounding are covered without restriction and how far salvage costs extend. In this area the salvage limit decides whether a boat is saved or abandoned.
Read this in full: A grounding is not a small claimCruising range
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