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

Rogoznica via Vis & Hvar.

Seven-day sail from Rogoznica out to Vis and Hvar: Komiža, the Blue Cave, Stari Grad and Šolta, with mooring notes and konobas for each night.

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krknjasi
Day 1

Rogoznica → Krknjaši Bay

A short first hop to the Blue Lagoon off Drvenik Veliki, sandy holding for the settle-in swim and dinner ashore at a Drvenik konoba.

Distance

7 NM

Sailing

~1.4h at 5 kn

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Route at a glance

Best season

May – early October (peak Jun – Sep)

Duration

7 days

Departure

Rogoznica

Sailing area

Sibenik

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Day 1 / 7
krknjasi
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Day 1

Rogoznica → Krknjaši Bay

We usually push off from Marina Frapa by mid-afternoon and run the fifteen miles southeast at an easy pace. There's no reason to rush day one. Krknjaši is the target, the shallow lagoon in the channel between Drvenik Veliki and its smaller neighbour, where the sand turns the water an improbable pale blue. Come in from the south. The gaps between the islets shoal to under three metres, so keep the depth sounder honest and drop the hook in five to seven metres on sand. By late afternoon the day-tripper boats from Trogir have mostly cleared out and the bay goes quiet. Row ashore to Drvenik Veliki for grilled fish at Konoba Krknjaši or a drink at Skoy, then back aboard for a first night that sets the crew up for the longer legs ahead.

Things to do

Anchor over the sand for the first swim

Grilled fish at Konoba Krknjaši, Drvenik Veliki

Sundowner at Skoy Bar on the shore

Snorkel the shallows between the two islets

Mooring tip

Approach only from the south, since the passages between the islets drop below three metres. Anchor in five to seven metres on good sand, and arrive after four in the afternoon once the tour boats leave to have your pick of space.

Komiza
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Day 2

Krknjaši Bay → Komiža

Twenty-four miles of open water lie between the lagoon and Vis, so it pays to leave by nine and let the morning breeze fill in. Komiža sits on the far western side of the island, the last inhabited port before the open Adriatic, and it kept its closed-military status right up to 1989. Being shut off for so long kept the developers away. The fishing fleet still works out of the eastern harbour and the konobas cook what comes off the boats. Berth stern-to on the inner basin, dropping your own anchor into sand over weed, and the hold is usually sound. Stay off the outer wall, where any southwest swell rolls straight in. Book a table at Jastožera, built out over the water in an old lobster store, and pour the local Vugava.

Things to do

Hike Mount Hum to Tito's wartime cave

Dinner over the water at Konoba Jastožera

Walk the working fishing fleet at dawn

Fishermen's Museum in the Venetian tower

Mooring tip

Take a stern-to berth with your own anchor on the inner basin; the outer wall is exposed to southwest swell. Vis Town, six miles up the coast in St George Bay, is your bolt-hole if a southwesterly builds past fifteen knots.

Vis
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Day 3

Komiža → Vis

The Blue Cave on Biševo is the reason most crews come this far, and the light inside is at its best late morning when the sun fires up through the underwater opening. The catch is the queue. Only the licensed tenders go in, so get across early and take your place before the day boats from Split arrive. Afterwards, swing east to Budihovac for lunch on the hook. The lagoon behind the little islet shoals to a metre or two over pale sand, so read the water carefully and post someone on the bow. From there it's a gentle six miles clockwise to Vis Town, sat deep in St George Bay. The old colony of Issa stood here, and you can still walk past Roman baths and Hellenistic walls on the seafront.

Things to do

Beat the queue into the Blue Cave

Anchor and swim at Budihovac lagoon

Walk the Hellenistic walls on Vis seafront

Climb to Austro-Hungarian Fort George

Book peka octopus at a Vis konoba

Mooring tip

Vis Town takes you stern-to with your own anchor along the seafront promenade, with water and power on the central berths for a small fee. St George Bay shelters you from south through west, making it the steadiest overnight on the island.

Hvar
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Day 4

Vis → Hvar

The crossing runs about twenty miles east-northeast, and the summer maestral usually fills in from the northwest after midday to give you a proper sail across the channel. Hvar Town is the loudest stop on this route, packed and glamorous through July and August. Somewhere quieter waits at either end, but the town earns its evening. A word on mooring: the town quay is exposed to west gusts and jammed with tenders, so it won't do overnight. Book a lazy-line berth ahead, or run across to ACI Marina Palmižana on the Pakleni islands and tender back in. Climb the Fortica early, before the stone throws heat, for the view down over the red roofs and the scatter of Pakleni islets. Save the evening for the Arsenal, St Stephen's square, and a konoba in the back lanes.

Things to do

Climb the Fortica before the midday heat

Sunset drink over the Pakleni channel

Wander the Arsenal and St Stephen's square

Late round at a back-lane konoba

Mooring tip

The town quay is exposed and impossible overnight in any wind. Reserve a lazy-line berth well ahead in season, or take a berth at ACI Marina Palmižana across on the Pakleni islands and run the tender back into town.

Stari grad
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Day 5

Hvar → Stari Grad

After Hvar's noise, Stari Grad is a change of gear. It's a twelve-mile run clockwise around the island's western tip and into a long, fjord-like inlet that shelters the town from every wind. The Greeks founded the place as Pharos in 384 BC, which makes it the oldest town in the country, and you can still trace their grid in the lanes of the old centre. Walk out of town into the Stari Grad Plain, the UNESCO-listed patchwork of dry-stone walls the Greeks laid out to divide the fields. Farmers have worked those same plots for well over two thousand years. Back in town, look in on Tvrdalj, the poet Hektorović's fortified house, with its walled seawater fishpond at the centre. Tie up on the town quay or take lazy lines at the ACI marina on the eastern shore.

Things to do

Walk the dry-stone walls of Stari Grad Plain

Visit Tvrdalj and Hektorović's seawater fishpond

Trace the Greek grid in the old town

Cycle the lavender road east of town

Mooring tip

The inlet is deep and fully protected, so any berth here rides easy. Tie stern-to with your own anchor on the town quay for a modest fee, or cross to ACI Marina Stari Grad on the eastern side for lazy lines and full services.

Maslinica
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Day 6

Stari Grad → Maslinica

The final full day runs twenty miles northwest to Maslinica, out at the western end of Šolta. It is the one natural harbour on the island — an S-bent notch protected by seven little islets strung across its entrance — so it keeps its calm even when the afternoon breeze rises out at sea. Split is a mere fifteen miles distant, yet no island in this group stays as sleepy as Šolta. Mooring gives you a choice. Set below an eighteenth-century castle now run as a hotel, the south-side Martinis Marchi marina lays laid lines and full services. Across on the northern side, you take the village quay stern-to under your own anchor. Whichever you pick, supper is the island's own red Dobričić and the local olive oil, then a dinghy paddle over to Stipanska if the light holds.

Things to do

Step into the Martinis Marchi castle courtyard

Try Dobričić, Šolta's own red grape

Dinghy across to Stipanska for a swim

Taste Šoltansko olive oil at the village shop

Mooring tip

Book the Martinis Marchi marina on the south side ahead if you want lazy lines and shore power. The village quay opposite is stern-to on your own anchor and cheaper. The islets across the entrance keep the whole basin settled in the prevailing wind.

Rogoznica
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Day 7

Maslinica → Rogoznica

The run home is a short one, fifteen miles northwest from Maslinica back to Marina Frapa. That leaves room to slow down. The course passes the south coast of Šolta and the Drvenik islands, and there's usually a quiet bay to drop into for a final swim before the week ends. Most bases want the boat alongside by nine on Saturday morning, so if your contract allows a night-before return, it often pays to come back into Rogoznica on the Friday evening and hand over relaxed. Top up the fuel, pump out the tanks, rinse the decks and square away the inventory before the check. With the paperwork done, walk the peninsula path to the Dragon's Eye, the collapsed karst lake linked to the sea by an underground channel, for a last look at the coast you've just sailed.

Things to do

One last swim off the Šolta coast

Walk the path to the Dragon's Eye lake

Long lunch at the Frapa marina restaurant

Wander old Rogoznica on the peninsula

Mooring tip

Return into Marina Frapa per your charter contract, where the base staff assign your slot. The Saturday handover window is tight, usually eight to nine, so if the contract allows it, come back Friday afternoon and hand the boat over unhurried.

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