Hazard spot
Cap Blanc and Mauritania
Wide sandbanks and several wrecks lie off this coast and the charts are partly old. Unlit fishing boats are added at night.
- Cause
- Shallows and grounding
- Main season
- all year
- Position
- 20° 48,0' N 017° 12,0' W
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How the place works
Off the Mauritanian coast lie wide banks reaching far offshore, and the charts here are markedly less accurate than in Europe. The Banc d'Arguin is a national park with its own rules, and fishing with unlit boats and nets is routine.
What breaks there
Grounding on an uncharted bank and nets in the propeller are the typical cases. Both happen at night, and both are hard to resolve on this coast: yard and diver are hundreds of miles away.
What this means for your policy
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