Hazard spot
Gulf of Finland: Drifting ice
Gulf of Finland: From December to March ice drifts with the wind and can open a hull. Boats belong out of the water before the first frost.
- Cause
- Drifting ice
- Main season
- December to March
- Position
- 59° 54,0' N 025° 30,0' E
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Gulf of Finland: how the place works
From December to March there is ice that drifts with the wind and packs into fields. The gulf freezes from the east, and a change of weather can close an open lead within a day. Icebreakers keep the ports clear, not the water between them.
Gulf of Finland: what breaks there
Drifting ice cuts into the hull, and the pressure at the waterline is the real problem: GRP takes an impact but not sustained pressure. At the berth the ice presses boats against pontoons and piles.
Gulf of Finland: what this means for your policy
Ice pressure and drifting ice are excluded in many sets of conditions or tied to requirements such as a bubbler system. Anyone leaving a boat afloat there over winter needs explicit written agreement.
Read this in full: Ice is not an accidentCruising range
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