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Šibenik via Hvar & Vis.

Round-trip sailing route from Šibenik: Primošten, Komiža on Vis, the Blue Cave, the Pakleni Islands and Šolta, with distances, marinas and mooring notes.

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Primosten
Day 1

Šibenik → Primošten

A short 14-mile hop south past the St. Anthony narrows to Primošten, a church-topped peninsula ringed by the terraced Babić vineyards.

Distance

9 NM

Sailing

~1.8h at 5 kn

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Best season

May – early October (peak Jun – Sep)

Duration

7 days

Departure

Šibenik

Sailing area

Sibenik

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Day 1 / 7
Primosten
1
Day 1

Šibenik → Primošten

Clear the breakwater at ACI Šibenik and the first stretch runs you down through the St. Anthony channel, a tight limestone gut with the road bridge overhead before the coast opens out. Primošten opens up fourteen miles down the coast. It hangs off the shore on one thin sandy neck, red roofs stacked to the waterline, with the St. George church planted on the very top. Tie up in town for the afternoon only; the harbour wall is open to the west and gets uncomfortable once the sea builds. For the night we drop two miles down to Kremik, deep in its inlet and about as sheltered as marinas get on this coast. The shuttle runs back into town. Behind Primošten the Bukovac terraces climb the slope in dry-stone squares, still worked for the Babić red poured on every quay.

Things to do

Climb to St. George church on the peak

Walk the Bukovac dry-stone vineyard terraces

Taste local Babić red on the quay

Take the Kremik shuttle in for dinner

Swim off the town's sandy neck

Mooring tip

Kremik, two miles south, is the night berth: lazy lines, full services and a deep, all-weather inlet with a shuttle into Primošten. Use the town quay for daytime stops only, since it lies open to westerlies.

krknjasi
2
Day 2

Primošten → Krknjaši Bay (Veli Drvenik)

The run across to Krknjaši is a lazy twelve miles, ending in the strip of water between Veli and Mali Drvenik with the pair of low Krknjaš islets closing off the swell. This is a swimming stop first and everything else second. The bottom is pale sand at three to six metres, the holding is reliable, and the anchor sits so clearly you can read it from the bow. Two of the little tavernas on Veli Drvenik hang free buoys for guests, though most crews simply drop the hook on the sand. Ashore there is no road, just a footpath over the headland and a handful of tables serving grilled orada and a carafe of Plavac Mali. Time it for a June-to-September call; the kitchens shut outside high summer. We usually swim, walk the half-hour loop, then eat late.

Things to do

Anchor on the sand in 4-6 m

Walk the half-hour headland loop

Eat grilled orada at a Drvenik taverna

Order a carafe of Plavac Mali

Snorkel the shallows off the Krknjaš islets

Mooring tip

Drop the hook on the sand floor in four to six metres for reliable holding, or pick up a free taverna buoy if you plan to eat ashore. The lagoon covers you from north through south and east; only westerlies send swell in.

Komiza
3
Day 3

Krknjaši Bay → Komiža (Vis)

Point southwest and settle in; this is the week's biggest single passage at twenty-five miles, most of it open water with Vis rising slowly out of the haze. The island stayed a closed military zone until 1989, which is why you find so little resort sprawl and so many stone lanes left as they were. Komiža wraps around a bay on the west coast, the fishing fleet still working the eastern side. Berth stern-to on the inner quay, sand and weed under you and mostly firm holding; leave the outer wall alone when any southwest swell is running. The set piece is dinner at Jastožera, an old lobster house from 1883 where small boats slip under the arch into an inner pool. Order the grilled bogueroni and a bottle of Vugava, then take the sunset from the wall.

Things to do

Dine at Jastožera, the 1883 lobster house

Hike Mount Hum to Tito's cave

Order grilled bogueroni with a Vugava white

See the Fishermen's Museum in the Venetian tower

Take the sunset from the harbour wall

Mooring tip

Aim to reach the inner quay before early afternoon in high season, and berth stern-to on the sand-and-weed bottom for mostly firm holding. The outer wall takes any southwest swell; if it builds past fifteen knots, run the six miles north to Vis Town in St. George Bay.

Palmižana
4
Day 4

Komiža → Palmižana (Hvar)

Get away early. The Blue Cave on Biševo only glows its full ultramarine when the low sun angles through the underwater mouth, roughly nine to eleven in the morning, and the queue lengthens fast after that. Tie to the concession quay by the entrance and wait for an official tender; private dinghies stay outside, and the whole visit runs about fifteen minutes. From there it is twenty miles east-northeast to Palmižana on Sv. Klement, the largest and only inhabited islet of the Pakleni cluster. ACI Marina Palmižana takes you stern-to on lazy lines, and a July or August berth needs booking online well ahead. The main bay grows rolly once the Maestral funnels through around two o'clock, so for a settled night slip round to Vinogradišće on the south side. Ashore, walk the Meneghello garden, planted in 1906, and eat at Zori or Laganini.

Things to do

Take the tender into the Blue Cave

Snorkel the Roman amphora field off Sv. Klement

Walk the Meneghello garden from 1906

Dine at Zori or Laganini in Vinogradišće

Water-taxi across to Hvar Town at night

Mooring tip

Book the ACI Palmižana lazy-line berth online for July and August; it fills. If the marina is full or the main bay turns rolly under the afternoon Maestral, anchor with a line ashore in Vinogradišće cove on the south side.

Maslinica
5
Day 5

Palmižana → Maslinica (Šolta)

Šolta's only proper harbour is Maslinica, at the western tip of the island and eighteen miles up from Palmižana. Seven low islets lie strung across the entrance like a breakwater, so the basin stays flat while the open Adriatic works itself up outside. Two berths to choose from: Martinis Marchi on the south shore, lazy lines under a converted eighteenth-century castle, or the village quay across the water, stern-to on your own hook for a small fee. For all that it sits barely fifteen miles off Split, Šolta stays the quiet one of the group, its square konobas trading on home-pressed Šoltansko oil and Dobričić, a dark old grape that sired Plavac Mali. Late on we run the dinghy round to Šešula, swim off the rock ledges, then carry the sunset home from Polebrnjak at the harbour mouth.

Things to do

Berth under the Martinis Marchi castle

Taste the indigenous Dobričić red

Dinghy to Šešula cove for a swim

Buy Šoltansko olive oil in the village

Watch sunset from Polebrnjak islet

Mooring tip

Martinis Marchi on the south side offers lazy lines and full services, worth booking ahead in season; the north village quay takes stern-to with your own anchor. The chain of islets at the mouth keeps the basin calm in south, southwest, west and northwest winds.

Rogoznica
6
Day 6

Maslinica → Rogoznica

Rogoznica comes next, a low peninsula town set about halfway up the coast between Šibenik and Split, fifteen miles on. Its oddity is inland: the Dragon's Eye, a round saltwater lake dropped into the karst on the Gradina headland, fed through a concealed underwater passage that swaps its water with the tide. The basin runs deep, sixty metres in places, and the deeper layers hold hydrogen sulphide that sometimes sets the surface fizzing. Marina Frapa spreads across the south side, among the biggest berthing basins on this stretch of the Adriatic, with lazy lines, full services and a fuel pontoon right at the entrance. That makes it a sensible night to top up tanks before the last hop. Smaller boats can lie stern-to on the north village quay, though the northwest gradient makes the marina the safer call in season. Walk out to the lake late afternoon.

Things to do

Walk out to the Dragon's Eye lake

Look down from the karst cliffs

Top up fuel at the Frapa pontoon

Dinghy to Smokvica islet for a swim

Eat brudet at a peninsula konoba

Mooring tip

On the south side, Marina Frapa is the any-weather berth — laid lines, the full service list, and a fuelling pontoon by the mouth. The northern village quay faces the northwest gradient head-on, so move onto the marina as the afternoon sea breeze builds.

Šibenik
7
Day 7

Rogoznica → Šibenik

The last leg runs fifteen miles back to base and closes the loop. Saturday handover keeps its own timetable, so plan to be alongside by nine, tanks pumped out, decks hosed down, fuel topped and the inventory squared away. If the clock allows, the course lets you pause at Zlarin, a car-free island that made its living from red coral for centuries; the small museum on the square opens in the afternoons and rewards a half-hour ashore. From there the channel narrows into the Šibenik estuary, past the sixteenth-century St. Nicholas fort standing guard at the river mouth, and up to ACI Šibenik or D-Marin Mandalina. Once the boat is signed off, St. James' Cathedral, carved entirely in stone and UNESCO-listed, is a five-minute walk from the pontoon. A long lunch on the Riva is the right way to end the week.

Things to do

Stop at Zlarin's coral museum

Top up fuel before the 09:00 inspection

Walk to St. James' Cathedral

Climb St. Michael's fortress over the old town

Take a long lunch on the Riva

Mooring tip

Bring the boat back into your booked base, ACI Šibenik or D-Marin Mandalina, for the 08:00 to 09:00 Saturday handover. If your contract calls for a night-before return, aim to be alongside by around five on the Friday.

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