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Route · 7 days · one-wayYacht charter route · Sibenik

Primošten via Vis & Korcula.

Seven days from Primošten through Vis, the Blue Cave, Hvar Town, ancient Stari Grad and Maslinica on Šolta. A working skipper's day-by-day sailing plan.

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krknjasi
Day 1

Primošten → Krknjaši Bay

A short 15-mile hop from Kremik to the Blue Lagoon off Drvenik Veli, sand-bottom swimming and two shore konobas for the first night.

Distance

11 NM

Sailing

~2.2h at 5 kn

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Route at a glance

Best season

May – early October (peak Jun – Sep)

Duration

7 days

Departure

Primošten

Sailing area

Sibenik

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Day 1 / 7
krknjasi
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Day 1

Primošten → Krknjaši Bay

Kremik empties out slowly on a Saturday, so we usually clear the fuel dock and point southeast without rushing. Fifteen miles down the coast, the channel between Veli and Mali Drvenik opens into Krknjaši, the shallow water most people know as the Blue Lagoon. Sand bottom at three to six metres, water you can read your anchor through. Come in from the south; the gap between the smaller islets shoals to under three metres and catches the careless. By early afternoon the day-tripper boats from Trogir crowd the middle, so settling in early pays off. Two places ashore on Veli Drvenik, Skoy Bar and Konoba Krknjaši, do fresh fish if the crew wants a table. Fine for a first night when the forecast is quiet, less so in any western push.

Things to do

Snorkel the sand shallows off Krknjaši islets

Fresh fish dinner at Konoba Krknjaši

Sundowner drinks at Skoy Bar, Veli Drvenik

Swim across to the smaller Krknjaš islet

Mooring tip

Anchor on sand in four to six metres; holding is reliable and there's room to swing. Approach only from the south, and treat it as a settled-weather overnight since it opens to the west and northwest. If you want a shore table, take a buoy off the konoba and eat in.

Komiza
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Day 2

Krknjaši Bay → Komiža (Vis)

The run to Komiža is the first proper sail of the week, twenty-four miles southwest across open water with the maestral usually filling in after noon. Komiža sits under Mount Hum on the western face of Vis, and it still works for a living; nets dry on the quay and the fishing fleet comes and goes at odd hours. Get in before two in high season if you want a spot on the town quay, which has lines, water and power for maybe thirty boats. The bay holds well against north and east, but a southerly jugo rolls swell straight in. Dinner is the reason to be here. Konoba Bako pulls lobster from pots in the harbour, and Jastožera, built over an old lobster pen, lets a small tender slip under its arch.

Things to do

Lobster dinner at Konoba Jastožera

Climb Mount Hum for the ridge view

Walk the working fishing quay at dusk

Local Vugava white at Konoba Barba

Mooring tip

Stern-to on the town quay with lines, water and power, but arrive before 1400 in July and August or the wall fills. Komiža shelters from north and east; if the jugo builds from the south, move six miles round to Vis Town in St George Bay for the night.

Vis
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Day 3

Komiža → Vis Town

Get the Blue Cave done first. The light inside only comes good through the late morning, and the official tenders out of Komiža run on a 24-hour booking, so we like to be first in line rather than fighting the Split RIBs later. Fifteen minutes inside, then south to Budihovac, a pair of islets off the south coast with sand at six to eight metres and some of the cleanest water on Vis for a pre-lunch swim. From there it's a lazy afternoon leg, working round the western tip and up into Vis Town. St George Bay is the safest overnight on the island in any wind. Ashore, the Roman colony of Issa lies under the seafront, Fort George crowns the point above the entrance, and Pojoda does proper Dalmatian cooking in a walled garden.

Things to do

First tender into the Blue Cave

Pre-lunch swim at the Budihovac islets

Sunset drink up at Fort George

Dinner in Pojoda's walled garden

See the Roman Issa ruins on the seafront

Mooring tip

Take the Blue Cave's 24-hour booking seriously; private dinghies are not allowed and only the official tenders go in. In Vis Town, moor stern-to on the Luka quay on the western side, or grab one of the sixty buoys. St George Bay is sheltered from south through west, the reliable choice whatever the forecast.

Hvar
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Day 4

Vis → Hvar

The hop east across the channel to Hvar is about twenty miles, and it drops you straight into the most crowded port in Dalmatia. Hvar Town wears it well: the Fortica fortress on the hill, the long stone Arsenal on the water, St Stephen's closing off the main square. The sailing decision here is simple. Book ACI Marina Hvar on the western side of the bay ahead of time, because for a twelve-metre boat it's the only sensible overnight once there's any wind, and the western gusts make the town quay a daytime-only proposition. Lazy lines, water and power on the berths. Climb the Fortica early, before the heat and the crowds, for the view out over the Pakleni Islands. Then it's the old routine: walk the Arsenal, stand a round in the back lanes, and let the crew loose on the town.

Things to do

Climb the Fortica for the Pakleni view

Walk the Arsenal and St Stephen's square

Evening drinks in the back lanes

Tender across to the Pakleni Islands

Mooring tip

Book ACI Marina Hvar in advance; in high summer it fills days out, and it is the only workable overnight for a mid-size yacht when the wind is up. The town quay takes boats by the hour for a steep fee but sits open to western gusts and tender wash, so don't plan to sleep there.

Stari grad
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Day 5

Hvar → Stari Grad

Only a short, sheltered leg today, maybe a dozen miles: you slip round the western end of Hvar and run deep into the long neck of bay that shuts Stari Grad off from the open sea. Nowhere in Croatia has been lived in longer; settlers from Paros founded it as Pharos in 384 BC, and their street grid still runs through the lanes behind the front. The bay is properly protected, closed in like a fjord, so it holds in any wind. Moor stern-to on the town quay with its laid lines, or take the ACI marina on the eastern side. Give the afternoon to Tvrdalj, the poet Hektorović's walled house with its saltwater fishpond, and to the Stari Grad Plain inland, still farmed on the field lines the Greeks measured out. Book a table at Jurin Podrum, running since 1917, for the wild boar and a jug of Plavac.

Things to do

Wander Tvrdalj Castle's saltwater fishpond

Walk the Greek field lines on Stari Grad Plain

Wild boar and Plavac at Jurin Podrum

Trace the old Greek grid streets

Mooring tip

The town quay on the south side has laid moorings, water and power for around sixty boats, with a stretch of buoys behind. ACI Marina Stari Grad on the eastern shore is the all-weather backup. The bay is fjord-shaped and sheltered from every direction, so overnight here is easy in any forecast.

Maslinica
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Day 6

Stari Grad → Maslinica (Šolta)

It's a run back toward the mainland to reach Maslinica, but don't file it as a mere convenience stop. It's the one genuine natural harbour the island has, an S-shaped inlet screened by a scatter of islets across the mouth, so it lies quiet when the open coast is anything but. Two ways to tie up: lazy lines at Martinis Marchi on the south side, where an 18th-century castle now runs as a hotel with its terrace open for a drink, or stern-to on the village quay opposite. Šolta is the nearest island to Split and somehow still the quietest of the group. The konobas around the square pour the local Dobričić red and cook with the island's own olive oil. If there's time before dinner, take the tender round to Šešula bay or across to Stipanska for a last swim.

Things to do

Drink on the Martinis Marchi castle terrace

Try the local Dobričić red in the square

Tender to Šešula bay for a swim

Swim off Stipanska island at the entrance

Mooring tip

On the south side, Martinis Marchi offers lazy lines and full services — its boutique berths fill fast, so reserve early in summer. The north-side village quay is stern-to on your own anchor. Next door, Šešula bay makes a fine anchor-and-eat stop, with Konoba Šišmiš laying free buoys for anyone dining ashore.

Primosten
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Day 7

Maslinica → Primošten

Last leg, and it's a working morning. Homeward now, retracing the way out along the south side of Šolta and past the Drvenik islands into ACI Kremik. Handovers here run early, so plan to be alongside by nine with the fuel topped, the tanks pumped out and the decks rinsed. Check your contract, though; some bases want the boat back the evening before, by around five on Friday. Once the inspection is signed off, there's usually an hour to spare before the airport transfer, and Split is only forty-five minutes north. Walk up to the little St George church on the tip of the old Primošten peninsula, or take a long table on the harbour wall with a glass of the local Babić red to close out the week.

Things to do

Walk up to St George church, Primošten point

Long lunch on the Primošten harbour wall

Glass of local Babić red before the transfer

Pump out and fuel up before handover

Mooring tip

Return into ACI Marina Kremik as your charter contract specifies; the base manager assigns the slot on arrival. The base runs handovers early, in the 0800 to 0900 window, and a contract that wants the boat back the night before means being tied up by 1700 on the Friday.

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