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Dubrovnik via Hvar & Lastovo.

A round trip from Dubrovnik through Mljet's Saplunara sands, wild Lastovo, Korčula and the Pelješac wine coast, with distances and mooring notes.

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Veli Drvenik
Day 1

Dubrovnik → Saplunara (Mljet)

Twenty miles northwest out of Komolac to Saplunara, the rare sweep of real sand on Mljet's southern tip, well clear of the National Park fees.

Distance

16 NM

Sailing

~3.2h at 5 kn

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Best season

May – mid-October (peak Jun – Sep)

Duration

7 days

Departure

Dubrovnik

Sailing area

Dubrovnik

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Day 1 / 7
Veli Drvenik
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Day 1

Dubrovnik → Saplunara (Mljet)

The week opens easy. From ACI Marina Dubrovnik at Komolac you drop down the estuary and turn northwest, roughly twenty miles of open water to the bottom corner of Mljet. Saplunara sits below the National Park line, so no Park ticket eats into the day. What everyone comes for is the beach: a shallow, sand-floored bay that runs pale green in the afternoon light, one of very few genuine sand beaches on this coast. We usually pick up one of the restaurant buoys and settle in early. Bottom holding is good in six metres if you'd rather anchor. Shelter is solid from the north and west; a southerly is the one to watch, since it pushes swell straight in. Swim off the transom, then walk the pine track over to quieter Blace before dinner ashore.

Things to do

Anchor over the sand and swim off the boat

Walk the pine path to Blace beach

Order grilled orada at a beachfront konoba

Dinghy out to the islet south of the bay

Stay up top for open-Adriatic stars

Mooring tip

Buoys laid by the beach konobas are the simple choice, usually free if you eat ashore; otherwise anchor in five to six metres on clean sand. It holds from north through west, so if a real southerly is forecast, tuck six miles up to Okuklje instead.

Skrivena Luka
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Day 2

Saplunara → Skrivena Luka (Lastovo)

Skrivena Luka sits fifteen miles west on Lastovo's south side, and hidden harbour is exactly what the Croatian name promises. The cut is invisible from seaward until you're almost on it, then the hills close around and the water goes flat. This is about as protected an overnight as the far south offers, holding well on mud and weed with a scatter of restaurant buoys along the eastern shore. Lastovo is a nature park with almost no light spill, so the night sky here is the real event. Late afternoon, we walk the track up toward the old Struga lighthouse on the cliff, built in 1839, for the long view toward Italy. Back down for a swim, then lobster at the konoba if the day-boats have brought one in. Nights are quiet out here.

Things to do

Walk the clifftop track to Struga lighthouse

Take a restaurant buoy and eat ashore

Order Lastovo lobster at the konoba

Swim in the still inner bay

Watch the Milky Way after dark

Mooring tip

Buoys off the eastern shore come free with dinner ashore; confirm with the konoba when you tie on. The bottom is mud and weed and holds well, so it's a reliable all-weather stop when the north coast at Zaklopatica turns lumpy.

Vela Luka
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Day 3

Skrivena Luka → Vela Luka (Korčula)

It's fourteen miles north to Vela Luka, set well back in the long inlet on Korčula's western tip. It's a working town, ferries and all, but the harbour is deep and calm, sheltered from the north and east; only a strong southerly nudges any motion into the inner quay. Mooring is stern-to on the town wall with your own anchor, a small fee, water and power on the central stretch, and a fuel berth at the far end. Three konobas line the promenade, and the dish to ask for is žrnovski makaruni, a hand-rolled pasta the older kitchens still shape by finger. With an afternoon spare, climb the path to Vela Spila, the cave above town that's been lived in for twenty thousand years. Book the guide at the tourist office first.

Things to do

Tour the prehistoric Vela Spila above town

Order žrnovski makaruni on the promenade

Top up fuel at the quay's far end

Walk the waterfront at dusk

Dinghy to the islets at the bay mouth

Mooring tip

Go stern-to with your own anchor on the town quay; holding is good in mud and sand and the fee is modest. It's sheltered from north and east, so only a firm southerly puts any roll into the inner harbour.

Palmižana
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Day 4

Vela Luka → Palmižana (Hvar)

This is the one long day, thirty miles across the Korčula and Hvar channels, so we leave early. Get moving by seven and you'll clear the first channel before the westerly maestral comes on hard around two; leave it later and the same wind sits on the beam the whole way over. Palmižana lies on Sv. Klement, the biggest of the Pakleni cluster off Hvar, and it's the only islet here with a marina. Slots at the ACI are lazy-line and limited in high summer, so book ahead or plan to anchor. The main bay rolls once the maestral funnels through, so the calmer choice is Vinogradišće on the south side with a line ashore. Ashore, wander the Meneghello family's old garden, then take the water taxi across to Hvar Town for the evening.

Things to do

Snorkel the Roman amphorae off the west shore

Walk Meneghello's century-old botanical garden

Anchor with a line ashore in Vinogradišće

Water taxi across to Hvar Town

Lunch at Laganini on the bay

Mooring tip

Book the ACI lazy-line berth online for July and August; capacity runs out fast. If it's full, or the afternoon maestral gets into the main bay, drop into Vinogradišće on the south side and run a line ashore for a steadier night.

Korcula
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Day 5

Palmižana → Korčula Town

Retrace southeast across the Hvar Channel, twenty-two miles, to the medieval town of Korčula on the island's eastern point. You'll pick it out well offshore: a lone bell tower over a huddle of red roofs, the whole town crammed onto a stub of peninsula with the walls running down to the waterline. The ACI marina sits on the east side with full services and lazy lines, the all-weather option. The town quay on the west takes a handful of stern-to boats for a harbour fee, closer to the gates but open to the maestral and rolly by mid-afternoon. The old town is tiny and clever, its lanes laid out in a herringbone to break the wind. Climb St Mark's bell tower for the channel view. On Monday and Thursday evenings in season the Moreška sword dance plays out at the open-air theatre.

Things to do

Catch the Moreška sword dance in season

Climb St Mark's Cathedral bell tower

Wander the old town once the ferries leave

Look in at the disputed Marco Polo house

Order fish brodet in a courtyard konoba

Mooring tip

The east-side ACI marina is the settled choice, with lazy lines and full services. The west town quay is closer to the gates but catches the maestral and gets rolly after lunch; if the channel kicks up, Lumbarda is a calmer bay three miles southeast.

Pelješec
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Day 6

Korčula → Kobaš (Pelješac Peninsula)

Kobaš is another fifteen miles east, a narrow cove walled in pine on Pelješac's south side, right where the Ston channel begins. There's one place here, Konoba Kobaš, and it lays free buoys for anyone booking a table, so pick one up and lock in dinner. The pull of this stop is the wine above it. Pelješac grows Plavac Mali on brutally steep, sun-baked slopes, and the Dingač and Postup sites near the ridge produce the deepest reds in the country. A short taxi or the village shuttle gets you to cellars like Grgić or Saints Hills for a tasting; call a day ahead. Back aboard, the konoba does Mali Ston oysters from the next bay east and pašticada left to braise overnight. Holding is soft mud, so the buoy is the smart bet.

Things to do

Take a free buoy at Konoba Kobaš

Taxi up to the Dingač vineyards

Order Mali Ston oysters and Plavac Mali

Try pašticada braised overnight at the konoba

Swim in the quiet pine cove

Mooring tip

Konoba Kobaš buoys are free with a dinner reservation, so call ahead and confirm on arrival. The bottom is soft mud that drags when the wind gets up, so take a buoy rather than anchor; if a southerly is forecast, push east into Mali Ston Bay.

Dubrovnik
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Day 7

Kobaš → Dubrovnik

Last leg, twenty-five miles southeast to ACI Marina Dubrovnik up at Komolac. Saturday brings the early handover, so aim to be alongside by nine with tanks pumped, decks hosed and fuel topped, and stay aboard for the eight-to-nine check-out. The course runs down past the Elaphiti islands, and the usual way to end a week is a final swim off Lopud's west beach or in Šipanska Luka before turning up the Rijeka Dubrovačka into the marina. Base sits eight kilometres inland from the old city, so once you're signed off, the 1A bus or a taxi has you at the Pile Gate in about a quarter of an hour. Walk the walls, then find a long lunch down one of the Prijeko lanes to close it out.

Things to do

Swim a last time off Lopud or Šipan

Top up fuel and pump out before check-out

Walk the Dubrovnik city walls circuit

See the Rector's Palace or Franciscan cloister

Take a long lunch off Prijeko

Mooring tip

Return into ACI Marina Dubrovnik at Komolac and let the base team assign your berth. The handover window is usually eight to nine on Saturday morning, so if your contract asks for a night-before return, aim to be in by late Friday afternoon.

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