Anchorage · Singapore · on the Strait of Malacca
Anchorage Western Quarantine and Immigration (AWQI), Singapore: berth and insurance
Anchorage Western Quarantine and Immigration (AWQI) lies at Singapore on the Strait of Malacca. The position is 01° 13,2′ N 103° 49,3′ E.
- Cruising range
- Südostasien & Australien
- Winter storage
- afloat all year is possible
- Position
- 01° 13,2′ N 103° 49,3′ 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, Western Petroleum B (AWPB), is 2.1 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 berths: Western Petroleum B (AWPB), 2.1 kilometres to the north-west, Western (AWW), 2.5 kilometres to the north-west and One 15 Marina, 3.5 kilometres to the north-east. 41 other berths are recorded within 25 kilometres.
What this berth means for your policy
On this route it is not the local compulsory insurance that decides your cover, but two other things: whether the agreed cruising range takes in this ocean at all, and what your conditions say about the cyclone season. On arrival almost every authority asks for a certificate of insurance, and the International Certificate of Insurance for pleasure craft is the paper they mean. The northern Indian Ocean has two cyclone windows, one before and one after the south west monsoon, roughly April to June and October to December. Between them stands the monsoon itself, and it decides the route more than any forecast does. 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 the west: in that direction there is no land within sixty kilometres. It is also open to south-south-west and the east. In a gale from the 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
Does my policy apply here at all?
That depends on the agreed cruising range, and it is the most common reason a long distance claim fails. In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range Südostasien & Australien. If your policy names something narrower, the narrower wording wins, however high the sum insured. The range can be extended before you leave, not after the loss.
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.
What does a salvage cost this far out?
More than the boat. A salvage in the Pacific or the Caribbean means a tug from another country, day rates in dollars and, at the end, wreck removal if the boat cannot be saved. Check what your conditions cap salvage and wreck removal at: a limit of ten per cent of the sum insured is common and rarely enough.
Cruising range
In the calculator this berth belongs to the cruising range: Südostasien & Australien
Berths nearby
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