The Tourism Department of the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Health of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern responded to an enquiry from the charter company 1. class yachts. It stipulates that in future, persons on a charter yachtfrom any number of households are allowed. This means that "men's cruises" are once again possible, a popular type of charter that often brings together people from six or seven households. Previously, only people from one household were allowed. In Schleswig-Holstein, people from two households are currently allowed. So the colourful regional puzzle of coronavirus restrictions continues.
However, there is an important restriction, according to the ministry: "It is prohibited to accommodate guests who, according to the daily situation report of the Robert Koch Institute, reside in a district or a city in which the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants is higher than 50 in the last seven days before entry." The charter company must check which cities or districts these are exactly on the day of departure on the website of the MV State Office for Health (www.lagus-mv.de) and then send these guests home again if necessary."
Another new feature is that in future it will finally be possible to call at harbours other than the port of departure or anchor bays. However, the prerequisite for this is a binding booking in the harbour, which must be made in writing (e.g. by email).
The ministry also expressly points out that the normal contact restrictions for public spaces naturally apply to crews ashore. This means that as only people from two households are allowed to travel together on land, for example in a restaurant or similar, a large charter crew from several households must split up into smaller groups on land. This regulation will initially only apply until 5 June. It has not yet been decided what will happen after that.
You can find the written wording of the letter from the Ministry here here.
Andreas Fritsch
Editor Travel
