Hazard spot
Tasman Sea: Severe storms
Tasman Sea: Depressions pass in close succession during the southern winter with barely a lull between them. The crossing needs a dependable window.
- Cause
- Severe storms
- Main season
- May to September
- Position
- 34° 00,0' S 163° 00,0' E
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Tasman Sea: how the place works
Between Australia and New Zealand lie some twelve hundred miles of open sea, and from May to September the lows pass from west to east at short intervals. The passage is the return from the South Pacific and is sailed between two systems.
Tasman Sea: what breaks there
Sustained loading over several days: rig, fittings, steering gear, autopilot. Anyone who misses the window has nowhere to divert, because there is nothing between the two coasts.
Tasman Sea: what this means for your policy
For long legs with no port of refuge many policies require a minimum crew and an equipment list. Settle both, and have it spelled out whether the delivery as such needs its own notification.
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