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Trogir via Dubrovnik.

Two-week yacht route from Trogir south to Dubrovnik and back, calling at Šolta, Hvar, Vis, Lastovo, Mljet and Korčula, with distances and mooring notes.

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Maslinica
Day 1

Trogir → Maslinica (Šolta)

A gentle twelve-mile shakedown south from the Trogir base into Maslinica, the one truly enclosed harbour on Šolta's western tip.

Distance

7 NM

Sailing

~1.4h at 5 kn

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Best season

May – early October (peak Jun – Sep)

Duration

14 days

Departure

Trogir

Sailing area

Split

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Maslinica
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Day 1

Trogir → Maslinica (Šolta)

The first day is short on purpose. We usually clear the Trogir bridge channel by mid-morning, run down the south side of Čiovo, and are tied up in Maslinica before lunch, twelve miles logged and the crew settled in. Maslinica sits at the far western end of Šolta, an S-shaped cut in the coast with a row of seven small islets standing guard across its mouth. Those islets do the real work, killing almost any swell before it reaches the boats inside. You have two choices for the night. Martinis Marchi on the south shore is a proper marina with lazy lines and a baroque castle behind it, or the village quay opposite where you go stern-to on your own anchor for a few euros. Šolta stays quiet while its neighbours fill up. Dinner runs on local olive oil and Dobričić red.

Things to do

Step into the Martinis Marchi castle courtyard

Try the Dobričić red at a village konoba

Dinghy to Stipanska islet for a swim

Watch sunset from the outer islet chain

Mooring tip

South-side Martinis Marchi provides full services and laid lines, so reserve for July and August; across from it, the village quay is stern-to on your own hook for a modest charge. That ring of islets blocks NW, W, SW and S, so only a rare northerly finds you exposed.

Milna
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Day 2

Maslinica → Milna (Brač)

Milna has been a harbour since Venetian galleys needed shelter here, and it still feels like a working village rather than a resort. The run over from Šolta is another short one, twelve miles across the channel, so there is no rush to leave. Line up the 17th-century church on the inner quay and follow it in; the bay narrows as you go, with stern-to berthing on your own anchor along the inner half and open anchoring in the outer part. Brač built half of Diocletian's Palace out of its white stone, and the quarries at Pučišća still cut it by hand. The village's other claim is lamb under the peka. If you want it for dinner, order by two in the afternoon, then fill the wait with a swim and a walk out to the little chapel on the northern headland.

Things to do

Order the lamb peka by 14:00

Walk to the parish church on the quay

Buy Brač olive oil at the co-op

Dinghy north to Bobovišća for a sunset swim

Mooring tip

Go stern-to on the inner town quay with your own anchor for a modest fee, with water and power along the central section. The outer bay is free to anchor with a line to the rocks, the standard trick when the afternoon Maestral builds past 15 knots.

Palmizana
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Day 3

Milna → Palmižana (Hvar)

The Pakleni chain screens the whole southern approach to Hvar Town, a long line of low, wooded islets with clear water between them. Palmižana sits on the eastern flank of Sv. Klement, the biggest of the group and the only one with a marina. That ACI berth fills fast in high season, so the online booking is worth doing days ahead. The catch with the main bay is the afternoon funnel; once the Maestral settles in around two, it gets rolly, and the smart overnight shifts to the south-side coves at Vinogradišće or Tarsce with a line ashore. Afternoons here have a rhythm. Wander the Meneghello family's botanical garden, snorkel the Roman amphorae off the western rocks, then take dinner at one of the bay's konobas. Hvar Town is a short water-taxi hop if the crew wants a late night.

Things to do

Snorkel the Roman amphorae off the west shore

Walk the Meneghello botanical garden

Anchor in Vinogradišće cove with a line ashore

Water-taxi across to Hvar Town at night

Mooring tip

Book the ACI Palmižana lazy-line berths online well ahead for July and August. If it is full, or the main bay turns rolly in the afternoon westerly, drop into Vinogradišće on the south side and run a line to the rocks for a calmer night.

Komiza
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Day 4

Palmižana → Komiža (Vis)

Vis was a closed military zone until 1989, and the decades behind the wire spared it the resort sprawl you see elsewhere. Komiža shows it. The town is fifteen minutes end to end on foot, the fishing fleet still lands its catch on the eastern side of the harbour, and the konobas grill bogueroni and pour the island's own Vugava white. Tie up stern-to on your own anchor in the inner basin, where the sand-and-weed bottom holds well; leave the outer wall alone overnight, since any southwest swell rolls straight in. There is history above the town too. The British SOE and Tito's Partisans ran wartime operations from here, and the walk up Mount Hum to Tito's cave earns you the widest view in central Dalmatia. Time the harbour wall for the open-Adriatic sunset.

Things to do

Order grilled bogueroni with a glass of Vugava

Hike Mount Hum to Tito's wartime cave

See the Fishermen's Museum in the Venetian tower

Watch the open-sea sunset from the harbour wall

Mooring tip

Drop the hook and back into Komiža's inner basin, floor of sand and weed, holding decent, a harbour fee to settle. Skip the outer wall for the night; with a southwesterly over 15 knots forecast, cut 6 miles round into fully enclosed St George Bay at Vis Town.

Vela Luka
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Day 5

Komiža → Blue Cave (Biševo) → Green Cave (Ravnik) → Vela Luka (Korčula)

Everything today keys off the sun. The Blue Cave on Biševo only glows its full electric blue when the light angles through the underwater opening, roughly nine to eleven in the morning, so this is an early start. You cannot take your own dinghy inside; tie to the concession quay, pay at the kiosk, and wait for one of the official tenders. Forty minutes gets you in and out. From there it is a short hop to Ravnik and its Green Cave, lit through a hole in the roof rather than from below, and open to your own tender with far less of a queue. By early afternoon we point east, eighteen miles to Vela Luka at the far end of Korčula. The bay is deep and sheltered, the town has everything, and dinner means žrnovski makaruni rolled by hand in the village kitchens.

Things to do

Queue for the Blue Cave tender by 10:30

Take your own dinghy into Ravnik's Green Cave

Order žrnovski makaruni at a Vela Luka konoba

Stroll the Vela Luka waterfront at dusk

Mooring tip

Vela Luka gives you stern-to on the long town quay with your own anchor, water, power, and a fuel pump at the western end, all for a modest fee. Holding in mud and sand is excellent, and the bay shrugs off everything but a strong southerly over 18 knots.

Zaklopatica
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Day 6

Vela Luka → Lastovo (Zaklopatica)

Lastovo is a Nature Park and, by most reckonings, the quietest inhabited island in this part of the Adriatic. Zaklopatica is where you overnight, a U-shaped bite in the north coast with a low islet lying across the entrance to break any swell. Five family konobas run the show here, each keeping a line of free buoys for guests who eat ashore. The deal is simple: book a buoy and a table at the same place. Anchoring on the bottom is frowned on because of the seagrass, but the buoy field rarely fills outside the July peak. Kitchens lean on the local lobster and šporki makaruli, a rough-and-ready beef and pasta stew. There is almost nothing to do off the water, which is the whole appeal. On a clear night the Milky Way stands overhead and you can read by starlight in the cockpit.

Things to do

Take a konoba's free buoy in trade for dinner

Order Lastovo lobster or šporki makaruli

Walk up to Lastovo Town's chimney stacks

Stay on deck for the midnight Milky Way

Mooring tip

Free konoba buoys at Zaklopatica, secured by booking dinner ashore, so confirm with the konoba as you arrive; skip anchoring on the bottom over the seagrass. If a southeasterly above 15 knots blows up, slip 4 miles south to Skrivena Luka, the all-weather bolthole.

Mljet
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Day 7

Lastovo → Mljet (Polače)

The run to Mljet is longer, twenty-two miles, and the payoff comes at the end. Polače is a deep, walled inlet on the north coast that stays hidden until you are almost inside, then opens into one of the best-protected anchorages in the south. This is the western gateway to Mljet National Park. The walls and corner tower of a 4th-century Roman complex stand right on the shore, free to wander through. Pick up one of the green Park buoys and pay the ranger on the waterfront, which covers crew entry to the Park, or take a stern-to slot at the village pontoon. From here a half-hour walk brings you to Veliko Jezero, the larger saltwater lake, where a small ferry runs out to the Benedictine monastery on its islet. The full loop of both lakes is about nine kilometres, swimming allowed, cicadas for company.

Things to do

Walk through the 4th-century Roman ruins ashore

Ferry to St Mary's monastery on Veliko Jezero

Hike the 9 km loop around both lakes

Swim in the cooler saltwater lakes

Mooring tip

Polače runs on paid Park buoys, around €40 a night including crew entry to the National Park, paid to the ranger on arrival. It is among the most sheltered overnights on the whole south coast, fully protected from N through SE, and the village pontoon also takes a few stern-to boats.

dubrovnik
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Day 8

Mljet → Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik is the turning point of the trip, though you sleep well inland of the famous walls. Every charter boat overnights at ACI Marina Dubrovnik in Komolac, eight kilometres up the fjord-like Rijeka Dubrovačka. The marina has lazy lines, fuel, power and water on every berth, and a chandler if you need one. The Old Port on the seafront looks the part but takes daytime visitors only; it sits open to the south and stays jammed with tour tenders all season. From the marina, Bus 1A or a taxi drops you at the Pile Gate in about fifteen minutes. Climbing the walls is non-negotiable: the full circuit runs just under two kilometres and takes about ninety minutes with stops. Come down into the Stradun for dinner in the lanes off Prijeko, or ride the cable car up Mount Srđ for the rooftops at dusk.

Things to do

Walk the full 1.94 km city wall circuit

Ride the cable car up Mount Srđ

Eat down a Prijeko side lane off the Stradun

Drink at Buža bar on the outer rocks

Mooring tip

ACI Marina Dubrovnik at Komolac is the only sensible overnight, so book ahead in season; it has lazy lines and full services. Treat the Old Port as a daytime tender stop only, and allow half an hour door to door to the Pile Gate by Bus 1A or taxi.

Okuklje
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Day 9

Dubrovnik → Okuklje (Mljet)

After the crowds of Dubrovnik, Okuklje is the antidote, and that is exactly why we point back this way. Twenty miles northwest brings you to a tight U-shaped bay on Mljet's southeast coast that holds maybe twenty boats. There is no town, no day-tripper traffic, and no Park fee, since Okuklje falls outside the National Park line. Three family konobas hang their own free buoys for guests. Pick one up, dinghy in, choose a kitchen, and the dinner booking locks the buoy. Black risotto with cuttlefish ink and grilled bream are the reliable orders. Hills of a hundred metres wall the bay on three sides, so the wind dies at sunset whatever it is doing outside, and the night goes silent bar the sea on the entrance rocks. Swim before lunch, then walk the headland path for the view down to Korčula.

Things to do

Take a free konoba buoy and book dinner

Order black risotto with cuttlefish ink

Walk the headland path toward Korčula

Swim off the boat in flat water

Mooring tip

Free konoba buoys at Okuklje, locked in by booking dinner ashore, so confirm on arrival. Bottom anchoring is possible but holding is patchy in the seagrass; the bay is well protected N, E and S, exposed only to a strong northwesterly over 18 knots.

Korcula
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Day 10

Okuklje → Korčula Town

Korčula Town shows itself from miles out — a small headland of red rooftops under a single bell tower, limestone walls falling sheer to the sea on three faces. Coming up the Pelješac Channel makes a fine approach. On the peninsula's east flank sits ACI Marina Korčula, full services and laid lines, while a few stern-to boats squeeze onto the western town quay under their own anchor, nearer the gates but exposed to the afternoon Maestral, rolly once it funnels through near two o'clock. You cross the old town in ten minutes, its herringbone lanes deliberately angled to let the summer breeze through while breaking the winter bora. Climb St Mark's bell tower for the view down the channel, look in on the contested Marco Polo house, and time a Moreška sword dance for Monday or Thursday.

Things to do

Climb St Mark's bell tower for the channel view

Wander the old town after the day ferries leave

See a Moreška sword dance (Mon or Thu)

Order fish brodet in a back-lane courtyard

Mooring tip

The eastern-side ACI Marina Korčula takes any weather, with full services and laid lines. Its western town quay sits nearer the gates but catches the Maestral and rolls once past 14:00; when the channel gets lumpy, Lumbarda Bay waits 3 miles southeast.

Jelsa
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Day 11

Korčula → Jelsa (Hvar)

Jelsa is the third town of Hvar, set on the north coast, and it carries maybe a quarter of the noise of Hvar Town over the ridge. The bay is wide and well shut off from southerly weather. Go stern-to on the town quay with your own anchor over good mud and sand, or take a lazy-line berth in the small marina on the east side if you want shore power. This is the agricultural heart of the island. The lavender belt still yields commercially each July along the road to Vrboska and Stari Grad, and the back-lane konobas pour the local Bogdanjuša white. Two good afternoons present themselves: bike the three miles of coast road to Vrboska with its bridged canals, or walk inland across the Stari Grad Plain, a UNESCO field system the Greeks laid out and nobody has stopped farming since.

Things to do

Bike the coast road to Vrboska's canals

Walk the UNESCO Stari Grad Plain

Order Bogdanjuša white at a back-lane konoba

Climb to the Tor watchtower above town

Mooring tip

Back onto the Jelsa town quay on your own hook for a small fee; water and power run the central section and the mud-and-sand holding is solid. The bay screens you across S, SE and SW, while the little east-side marina and its laid lines make the all-weather backstop.

lucice
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Day 12

Jelsa → Lučice Bay (Brač)

Today belongs to the water, pure and simple. A ten-mile hop north over the Brač Channel sets you on the island's southern shore at Lučice, a chain of joined-up coves a little east of Pučišća. Nobody lives out on the headland — just white limestone, cliff and pine, and two seasonal beach restaurants as the only buildings, each dropping free buoys for guests who dine ashore. Grab a buoy in the deepest inlet, roll over the side, and the day takes care of itself. The pale Brač stone floors the seabed, so a calm summer's day gives you twenty metres of clarity. Kitchens stay uncomplicated: grilled fish, a glass of the local Plavac Mali. No shop, no bar, no late-night anything — and that is the whole appeal. If every buoy is gone, sand and weed hold well in eight to twelve metres.

Things to do

Take a free restaurant buoy in the central cove

Snorkel the pale limestone seabed at 20 m

Order grilled fish and Plavac Mali ashore

Dinghy west to Pučišća's stone-mason yards

Mooring tip

Free restaurant buoys at Lučice, held for you by eating ashore, so confirm on arrival; otherwise anchor in 8 to 12 metres of sand and weed. The coves shelter you from N, NE and E but open to the south; if a southerly over 15 knots blows, duck 1 mile west into the enclosed Pučišća harbour.

krknjasi
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Day 13

Lučice → Krknjaši Bay

The last night at anchor is a soft landing. Fifteen miles northwest from Lučice drops you into Krknjaši, the channel between Veli and Mali Drvenik, two uninhabited islands four miles short of the Trogir base. Krknjaši is a swim anchorage pure and simple. The water is shallow, the floor is pale sand at three to six metres, and it turns proper turquoise when the day is calm. Holding is excellent, so anchoring is the usual choice and it costs nothing, though three restaurants on Veli Drvenik lay free buoys for diners. There is a small chapel on the eastern shore, a half-hour footpath around the headland, and no other infrastructure to speak of. Stopping here on the penultimate day is deliberate: the Saturday return is only four miles east, so the morning stays unhurried and the boat rolls into base with the right fuel and no stress.

Things to do

Anchor on the sand in 4-6 m and swim

Walk the 30-minute headland loop on Veli Drvenik

Order grilled fish at a Veli Drvenik restaurant

Take in the open-sea sunset from the deck

Mooring tip

Anchor in 4 to 6 metres on excellent sand holding, the standard choice in this shallow, forgiving bay; free restaurant buoys are there too if you dine ashore. It shelters you from most directions and opens only to the W and NW, so a strong westerly means running the last 4 miles into ACI Trogir early.

Trogir
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Day 14

Krknjaši Bay → Trogir

Shortest hop of the two weeks closes the loop — the four-mile skip east from Krknjaši to ACI Marina Trogir. The Saturday hand-back keeps to a schedule, so be alongside by nine: fuel topped, tanks pumped, decks hosed, inventory checked, and the skipper aboard for the eight-to-nine inspection. The marina stands on Čiovo, a channel's width from Trogir's old town. Once signed off, five minutes over the footbridge drop you in a UNESCO core good for an hour — St Lawrence's Cathedral, with its 13th-century Radovan portal, tops the list, and the Kamerlengo fortress anchors the western tip. Split's airport is a ten-minute drive north. Close the trip properly with a leisurely Riva lunch, capping a fortnight as rounded as any you can sail from an Adriatic base.

Things to do

Top up fuel and pump out before 09:00

See the Cathedral's 13th-century Radovan portal

Climb the Kamerlengo fortress on Čiovo

Take a long lunch on Trogir's Riva

Mooring tip

Return into ACI Marina Trogir as your charter contract sets out; the base manager assigns the slot and the handover window runs 08:00 to 09:00. Arrive by 17:00 on Friday if your contract calls for a night-before return, and note the fuel pontoon is on the western entrance side.

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