Marina · Étaples · in Brittany and on the Channel
Port de Plaisance d'Étaples-sur-Mer: berth and insurance
Port de Plaisance d'Étaples-sur-Mer lies at Étaples in Brittany and on the Channel. It is recorded with 250 berths. Recorded on site are Shore power, Pump out and Wi-Fi.
- Cruising range
- Atlantic coast of Europe
- Winter storage
- afloat all year is possible
- Berths
- 250
- Position
- 50° 30,8′ N 001° 38,0′ 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 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. Shore power is available, and with it the most common cause of fire at a pontoon: a charger and a battery left working unattended over the winter. Fire is covered in any tariff; a fire traced to a demonstrably improper installation is not. With that number of berths this is a large harbour, and it shifts the risk: most damage here does not happen at sea but while berthing in a tight basin, or comes from the neighbouring boat that breaks loose. The nearest berth, Bassin Frédéric Sauvage, is 23.2 kilometres away. Tie up here and in a freshening wind there is no harbour within easy reach, and that is the situation the expensive cases come from.
The nearest slipway is 0.2 kilometres to the south-east. Whether a fee applies is not recorded in the map data. 11 slipways are recorded within thirty kilometres.
The nearest berths: Bassin Frédéric Sauvage, 23.2 kilometres to the north, Bassin Napoléon, 23.5 kilometres to the north and Marina Boulogne-sur-Mer, 23.5 kilometres to the north. 3 other berths are recorded within 25 kilometres.
What this berth means for your policy
France does not require liability cover for pleasure craft in general. It is still asked for in three places, and they catch almost everyone: the harbour berth contract, any regatta or event, and commercial use including chartering. 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.
Questions and answers
What owners ask about this berth
Which cruising range do I need for Port de Plaisance d'Étaples-sur-Mer?
In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range Atlantic coast of Europe. 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 in general, but a condition of the berth contract, of regattas and of commercial use. 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.
Recorded on site
- Shore power
- Pump out
- Wi-Fi
- Address
- Boulevard de l'Impératrice 1 62630 Étaples
- Telephone
- +33321845433
- Harbour website
- plaisance-etaples.fr
Cruising range
In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range: Atlantic coast of Europe
Berths nearby
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