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Baltic SeaRestricted area on the Kiel Fjord

Andreas Fritsch

 · 15.07.2015

Baltic Sea: Restricted area on the Kiel FjordPhoto: Delius Klasing Seekarte
The current restricted area is missing from the 2015 map sets because it is only temporary
A restricted zone has been set up directly at the traffic separation scheme due to salvage work on old munitions at the bottom of the Baltic Sea

With the start of the holiday season, owner-operated and chartered ships swarm out onto the Baltic Sea for their summer cruises. Those heading for the Kiel Fjord may be surprised to see new yellow buoys on the water when entering or leaving, marking a restricted area that is not included in the current 2015 nautical chart sets.

This is a temporary area at the bottom of which divers and naval drones are searching for ammunition remnants from the Second World War. The area is located slightly north-west of Wendtorf and lies directly on the southern edge of the fairway. The restricted area protrudes into the fairway. It is marked with four yellow-red light buoys (Fl.Y identification) and four unlit yellow-red spar buoys. The work will probably continue throughout the high season.

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Andreas Fritsch

Andreas Fritsch

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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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