Cruising area · Bornholm · North Sea and Baltic
Boat insurance for Bornholm
The island lies about eighty miles from the nearest coast, in the open Baltic. Getting there means a long leg with no bolt hole, and the north coast is rocky. The harbours of Rønne, Nexø and Gudhjem are tight; with onshore wind there is surge in the basins, and that is where most damage happens, as boats work against the quay wall.
- Season
- June to August
- Berth
- €€ moderate
- Winter storage
- ashore storage usual, frost protection needed
- Position
- 55° 6,0' N 015° 0,0' E
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Berths, season and winter storage
The reliable season is short, June to August, with berths in the middle price band. Boats winter ashore with frost protection. A visitor held up for several days by strong wind should fit snubbers to the lines and check the chafe points daily.
What this means for your policy
Bornholm belongs to the Baltic cruising range. More important than the entry itself is how far your policy lets you go offshore: some limit the distance from the coast or from a safe harbour. Check that before you plan the crossing.
Questions and answers
What owners ask about this area
Does the policy limit the distance from the coast?
No. Cover applies on all waters inside the agreed cruising range, and for Bornholm that is the Baltic range. We have no limit set in nautical miles and no clause about reaching a safe harbour. The eighty-mile passage with no bolthole is therefore a seamanship question, not a contractual one.
Is damage from surge against the quay wall covered?
On your own boat from Basis-Plus: a boat working against the wall is a collision with a fixed object. In the tight harbours of Rønne, Nexø and Gudhjem that is where most damage happens. Put snubbers in the lines and look at the chafe points daily, because wear itself is insured in no tariff.
What applies in winter storage ashore?
Cover also applies ashore, including hauling out and launching. Frost damage, though, is excluded as a weather influence unless it follows a storm, so winterising is part of the job. Under a season policy there is no cover at all from 1 November to 31 March, not even in winter storage.
Cruising range
In the calculator this area belongs to the cruising range: Ostsee
Hazard spots nearby
And one level down: the individual marinas, anchorages and mooring fields.
