Hazard spot
Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia: Fog and loss of visibility
Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia: The world’s greatest tidal range meets fog that can last for days in early summer. Radar and AIS replace eyesight here.
- Cause
- Fog and loss of visibility
- Main season
- May to September
- Position
- 44° 30,0' N 064° 30,0' W
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Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia: how the place works
The Bay of Fundy has the largest tidal range in the world, over fifteen metres in places, and the current in the narrows matches it. Add fog from May to September, when warm air moves over cold water: visibility under a hundred metres is normal.
Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia: what breaks there
In fog what matters is what is running aboard: radar, AIS, fog signal, a lookout. If that is missing, gross negligence comes up after a collision. Add drying out on the ebb when the anchoring depth was measured at the wrong hour.
Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia: what this means for your policy
Check whether the policy waives the defence of gross negligence and whether it requires equipment for sailing in fog. In this area neither is a formality.
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