Müritz and the small lakes: Shallows and grounding

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Müritz and the small lakes: how the place works

The Müritz is large enough for a proper sea and shallow enough for that sea to stand everywhere: outside the buoyed channel wide areas lie at a metre and less. The lake district beyond is a network of canals, locks and narrow passages, used mostly by charter boats that need no licence.

Müritz and the small lakes: what breaks there

Grounding outside the channel, impact damage in locks and at pontoons, plus propellers and rudders in the shallows. Rarely expensive in the single case, but this is the area with the highest number of reports of all.

Müritz and the small lakes: what this means for your policy

Two things pay off here: hull cover that carries a grounding without argument, and a look at how the policy handles charter and changing helmsmen. On licence-free boats the question of whether the driver was entitled is regularly the point of dispute.

Cruising range

This spot lies in the cruising range the calculator lists under this step: German inland waters

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