Marina · Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer · on the Côte d’Azur
Port Gardian, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer: berth and insurance
Port Gardian lies at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the Côte d’Azur. The position is 43° 26,9′ N 004° 25,4′ E.
- Cruising range
- Côte d'Azur and Corsica
- Winter storage
- afloat all year is possible
- Position
- 43° 26,9′ N 004° 25,4′ 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. This is a small berth and usually without permanent supervision. Pleasant, and a disadvantage in a claim: with no harbour master there is no witness to when the damage happened or how the boat was made fast. The nearest berth, Port de Plaisance d'Aigues-Mortes, 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.
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 0.2 kilometres to the north-west. Whether a fee applies is not recorded in the map data. 20 slipways are recorded within thirty kilometres.
The nearest berths: Port de Plaisance d'Aigues-Mortes, 23.2 kilometres to the north-west, Port de Plaisance de Gallician, 23.5 kilometres to the north-west and Port de Plaisance de Port-Camargue, 24.8 kilometres to the west. 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. Severe gales are rarer here than on the open coast, but the squalls of summer thunderstorms are violent and short. They hit the boat at the pontoon, not at sea: lines chafe through, covers tear, a neighbouring boat comes across. By the coastline the berth has no cover to west-south-west: in that direction there is no land within sixty kilometres. It is also open to the south-west and south-south-west. In a gale from west-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 Port Gardian, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer?
In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range Côte d'Azur and Corsica. 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.
Cruising range
In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range: Côte d'Azur and Corsica
Berths nearby
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