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Baltic SeaCaution when calling at Darßer Ort

Andreas Fritsch

 · 21.04.2014

Baltic Sea: Caution when calling at Darßer OrtPhoto: Aus: Jan Werner: Ostseeküste Bd. 2
The approach is silted up between buoy 4 and the pier heads on both sides of the fairway
The harbour of refuge and refuge on the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is increasingly silting up again, and the approach has already become increasingly shallow

At the very start of the sunny season on the Baltic coast, the BSH is once again reporting the increasing silting up of the harbour. The official statement reads:

"According to information from SK 'Theo Fischer', the approach to the Darßer Ort port of refuge from buoy '4' to the piers is characterised by shallow depths on both sides of the fairway. In the area between buoy '4' and the red pier light, siltation to the point of falling dry is evident."

Yachts calling at the port of refuge should keep as close to the centre of the fairway as possible. An enquiry to the crew of the DGzRS rescue cruiser "Theo Fischer" revealed that with the current easterly winds, the silting is progressing rapidly. However, with a draught of around 1.5 metres, the rescue cruiser is currently still able to pass through the entrance without grounding. However, no crew should rely on the depth of three metres in the channel, which was created after the last dredging.

Andreas Fritsch

Andreas Fritsch

Editor Travel

Andreas Fritsch was born in Buxtehude in 1968 and has been sailing since childhood, first in a dinghy and later on his own keelboats on the Elbe and later the Baltic Sea. After studying political science, German and history in Münster, he began working as a journalist and joined the YACHT editorial team in 1997. Since 2001, he has focussed on travel and charter and has travelled to almost all areas of the world and regularly charters in the Mediterranean, with Greece being his favourite area. He has written two cruising guides for the Mediterranean (Charter Guide Ionian Sea and Turkish Coast). In addition to travelling, he is a fan of the Open 60 and Maxi-Tri scene and regularly writes about these topics in YACHT. He has been sailing a classic GRP Grinde on the Baltic Sea for several years.

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