Steinhuder Meer: Shallows and grounding

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Steinhuder Meer: how the place works

The largest lake in northwestern Germany averages only a good metre and a half in depth, less in many places. Wind builds a short sea quickly over that surface, and because there is bottom everywhere it stands up steep at once.

Steinhuder Meer: what breaks there

Grounding with centreboard or rudder, touching bottom while tacking, and dinghies capsizing in the short sea. Motorboats ingest silt and block their cooling circuits.

Steinhuder Meer: what this means for your policy

In a shallow area it is worth checking whether grounding and engine damage from ingested material are included. A cooling circuit full of silt is a classic dispute between damage and wear.

Cruising range

In the calculator this spot falls under German inland waters

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