Anchorage · Harwich · on the English south coast
Platters Anchorage, Harwich: berth and insurance
Platters Anchorage lies at Harwich on the English south coast. The position is 51° 55,1′ N 001° 21,0′ E.
- Cruising range
- Britische Inseln & Irland
- Winter storage
- afloat all year is possible
- Position
- 51° 55,1′ N 001° 21,0′ E
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 anchor the responsibility lies with the skipper, not the harbour master. A boat left unattended at anchor in a freshening wind that then drags is the case where the duty of care is disputed most often. Stay on board, keep an anchor watch and know the holding ground, and you are on firm footing. The nearest berth, Cork Anchorage, is 5.8 kilometres away.
How exposed the berth lies
Each spoke shows how far the water is open in that direction, up to sixty kilometres. The highlighted spoke is the direction the sea runs in furthest from. Calculated from the coastline, not measured.
The nearest slipway is 6.5 kilometres to the north and is free of charge according to the map data. 39 slipways are recorded within thirty kilometres.
The nearest berths: Cork Anchorage, 5.8 kilometres to the north-east, Shotley Point, 6.8 kilometres to the north-west and Cruise Berth, 7.1 kilometres to the north-west. 12 other berths are recorded within 25 kilometres.
What this berth means for your policy
The United Kingdom has no statutory insurance requirement for pleasure craft at sea. On the inland waterways it effectively does: there the boat needs a licence from the navigation authority, and third party cover is a condition of that licence. Harbours and clubs ask for proof in any case. 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 south-south-west: in that direction there is no land within sixty kilometres. It is also open to south-south-east and the south-east. In a gale from south-south-west 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
Which cruising range do I need for Platters Anchorage, Harwich?
In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range Britische Inseln & Irland. The cruising range is the boundary within which a policy applies. Check the wording before you go beyond it: many policies name a narrower area than owners assume, and an extension has to be agreed before the passage, not after the claim.
Can I leave the boat afloat here over winter?
It is possible, but a policy written for a season commonly pauses over the winter months, whether the boat is sailing, lying in harbour or standing ashore. Anyone leaving the boat afloat needs cover that runs the whole year.
Does the harbour ask for proof of insurance?
Not required at sea; on the inland waterways it is a condition of the licence. The paper that belongs on board is the International Certificate of Insurance for pleasure craft: it states the cover in a form that is understood across the bordering states.
Cruising range
In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range: Britische Inseln & Irland
Berths nearby
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