Thames Estuary: Shallows and grounding

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Thames Estuary: how the place works

A labyrinth of sandbanks that look different on every tide, plus wind farms, wartime wrecks and a channel that leads between all of it. The tidal range is large, and what is a route at high water is sand six hours later.

Thames Estuary: what breaks there

Grounding on a bank on a falling tide means the boat dries out and can fill again on the flood if it has gone over on its side. That is the case that turns a grounding into a total loss.

Thames Estuary: what this means for your policy

Settle whether involuntary drying out is covered as a grounding and whether salvage and refloating are insured separately. In the Thames estuary the salvage is regularly more expensive than the damage.

Cruising range

In the calculator this spot falls under EU inland waters

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