Raz de Sein and Chenal du Four: Strong current and cross seas

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Raz de Sein and Chenal du Four: how the place works

Rock, current and Atlantic swell in a confined space. The usable window is about an hour around slack water, and missing it means waiting six. With wind against tide and swell running in, the passage stops being a question of experience and becomes a question of the clock, even for seaworthy boats.

Raz de Sein and Chenal du Four: what breaks there

Cases are rare but serious: loss of steering, dismasting, hitting rock while trying to use the current. Brittany is also thinly populated, so salvage and the road to a yard are long.

Raz de Sein and Chenal du Four: what this means for your policy

Check how far salvage costs extend and whether they are paid in addition to the sum insured or out of it. On this coast that is the difference between a repaired boat and a written-off one.

Cruising range

In the calculator this spot falls under EU inland waters

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