Hazard spot
Dardanelles: Heavy shipping traffic
Dardanelles: Narrow water, current out of the Sea of Marmara and continuous two-way traffic. The passage is regulated and needs reading up first.
- Cause
- Heavy shipping traffic
- Main season
- all year
- Position
- 40° 12,0' N 026° 24,0' E
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Dardanelles: how the place works
Narrows, current out of the Sea of Marmara and continuous traffic in both directions: the strait is one of the busiest in the world and has its own traffic rules. The surface current sets southwest and reaches several knots in the narrows.
Dardanelles: what breaks there
Yachts come into conflict with commercial vessels bound to the channel while crossing or trying to make northeast against the stream. Engine failure here is not an annoyance but an emergency.
Dardanelles: what this means for your policy
For many policies Turkey lies at or outside the cruising range boundary, and the passage into the Black Sea is often a step of its own. Settle that beforehand, and settle whether an engine is required.
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