Hazard spot
East Frisian tidal inlets: Shallows and grounding
East Frisian tidal inlets: Between the islands a breaking sea stands over the bar with ebb tide and onshore wind. The window for entering is narrow.
- Cause
- Shallows and grounding
- Main season
- all year
- Position
- 53° 43,2' N 007° 27,0' E
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East Frisian tidal inlets: how the place works
In the gaps between the islands an ebbing tide meets an onshore wind, and over the bar a short, breaking sea stands up. The same spot is harmless two hours later: the area forgives no mistake in timing, but almost any correct one.
East Frisian tidal inlets: what breaks there
What happens here happens fast: water over the deck, loss of steering in the surf, engine failure from ingested sand. The boat often gets off only with outside help, and salvage in a tidal inlet is a cost block of its own.
East Frisian tidal inlets: what this means for your policy
Check two things: whether salvage and towage are insured separately and at a sufficient level, and how the policy distinguishes towage from genuine salvage. That difference decides here between four figures and five.
Read this in full: A grounding is not a small claimCruising range
This spot lies in the cruising range the calculator lists under this step: German inland waters
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