Marina di Porto Rotondo: berth and insurance

On the map

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Berth, season and winter storage

A berth afloat all year round is possible here, which is exactly what makes the season a question. Policies written for a season commonly pause over the winter months, in harbour and ashore alike. Anyone who leaves the boat in the water through the winter should check which months their own cover actually runs. At the pontoon what counts is what the conditions call a duty of care: lines of adequate strength, chafe protection, a working bilge pump and a boat that is not left unchecked for months. A crane or slipway is recorded on site, so the boat does not have to be moved elsewhere to come out. That matters beyond convenience: lifting, slipping and road transport are a separate kind of loss, and not every policy includes them. A fuel berth on site makes bunkering easy and a pollution claim more likely: an overflowing tank is one of the most common environmental incidents in a harbour. It is a liability matter, not a hull one. The nearest berth, Marina di Portisco, is 1.7 kilometres away.

The nearest slipway is 1.7 kilometres to the west. Whether a fee applies is not recorded in the map data. 22 slipways are recorded within thirty kilometres.

The nearest berths: Marina di Portisco, 1.7 kilometres to the west, Cala dei Sardi, 1.9 kilometres to the west and Porto Oro Small Harbour, 2.2 kilometres to the south. 34 other berths are recorded within 25 kilometres.

What this berth means for your policy

Italy requires third party liability cover, for powered craft and for sailing boats with an auxiliary engine, during transport and storage in the country as well and not only under way. The statutory minimum is 6,450,000 euros for personal injury and 1,300,000 euros for property damage. This berth sits in an area where severe gales are part of the year. That makes one distinction in the small print worth reading: most conditions name storm from force 8, while flooding and storm surge are a separate matter. Whether a boat that breaks free, strikes piles or pontoon, is driven ashore or sinks is covered depends on whether the wording insures accidental events at all or only a fixed list of named perils. By the coastline the berth has no cover to the east: in that direction there is no land within sixty kilometres. It is also open to east-north-east and the north-east. In a gale from the east the sea runs in over the full distance, and the berth is then the most dangerous place for the boat.

Questions and answers

What owners ask about this berth

Recorded on site

• Showers
• Toilets
• Laundry
• Pump out
• Fuel
• Boatyard on site
• Wi-Fi

Telephone

+39 789 34203

Harbour website

marinadiportorotondo.it/en

Cruising range

In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range: Italy, Sardinia and Sicily

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