Dardanelles: Heavy shipping traffic

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Dardanelles: how the place works

Narrows, current out of the Sea of Marmara and continuous traffic in both directions: the strait is one of the busiest in the world and has its own traffic rules. The surface current sets southwest and reaches several knots in the narrows.

Dardanelles: what breaks there

Yachts come into conflict with commercial vessels bound to the channel while crossing or trying to make northeast against the stream. Engine failure here is not an annoyance but an emergency.

Dardanelles: what this means for your policy

For many policies Turkey lies at or outside the cruising range boundary, and the passage into the Black Sea is often a step of its own. Settle that beforehand, and settle whether an engine is required.

Cruising range

In the calculator this spot falls under EU inland waters

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