Torres Strait: Shallows and grounding

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Torres Strait: how the place works

Between Australia and New Guinea lies a shallow, reef strewn strait with strong tidal streams and a narrow buoyed route. The Prince of Wales Channel is the usual way through, and traffic there is dense because all shipping takes the same route.

Torres Strait: what breaks there

Grounding outside the channel and collision in the narrow part are the two cases. The stream sets across, and a boat with little engine power cannot make headway against it.

Torres Strait: what this means for your policy

Check the liability limit because of the commercial traffic and settle whether there is a minimum engine power requirement. In a narrows with four knots of current an underpowered boat is a different risk.

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