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Trogir via Vis & Korčula.

Round trip from ACI Trogir out to Vis and the Blue Cave, then Korčula, Hvar and Stari Grad. Seven days of distances, marinas and honest mooring notes.

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Maslinica
Day 1

Trogir → Maslinica (Šolta)

A short 12-mile hop from ACI Trogir to the one natural harbour on Šolta, walled in by seven small islets.

Distance

7 NM

Sailing

~1.4h at 5 kn

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Best season

May – early October (peak Jun – Sep)

Duration

7 days

Departure

Trogir

Sailing area

Split

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Maslinica
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Day 1

Trogir → Maslinica (Šolta)

Clear the Trogir bridge channel, run down the south side of Čiovo, and Šolta opens up ahead within a couple of hours. Maslinica sits on the island's western tip, the only harbour here that holds you snug in almost any weather, thanks to the little chain of islets guarding the mouth. We usually split the crew's vote between two options: Martinis Marchi on the south shore, where lazy lines and a converted baroque castle wait, or the village quay opposite, stern-to on your own hook. Šolta stays quiet while Split fills up an hour away. No day-boat crowds, no resort strip, just konobas pouring the local Dobričić red and pressing their own olive oil. Late afternoon, dinghy over to Stipanska for a swim, then find a table ashore before the light goes soft over the water.

Things to do

Swim off the rocks at Stipanska islet

Try Šolta's indigenous Dobričić red

Tour the Martinis Marchi castle grounds

Buy cold-pressed Šoltansko olive oil ashore

Catch the sunset from Polebrnjak islet

Mooring tip

Two choices here: Martinis Marchi on the south side has lazy lines and full services but books out fast in July and August, while the village quay opposite takes you stern-to on your own anchor for a small fee. The islet chain shuts out swell from every direction bar a northerly, which almost never blows in high summer.

Komiza
2
Day 2

Maslinica → Komiža (Vis)

Twenty-four miles is a decent day's sail, and the Hvar Channel swings open on your port quarter as you leave Brač astern. Vis was off-limits to visitors until 1989, a Yugoslav garrison island, and it wears that isolation well: fewer hotels, more vineyards, a slower pulse than anything closer to the mainland. Komiža curls around a small bay on the western coast, its fishing fleet drawn up along the eastern arm. Tie inside the basin, stern-to on your own anchor over sand and weed, where the holding is generally sound. Skip the outer wall overnight; any southwesterly rolls straight in. Ashore, the old Venetian tower holds a small fishing museum, the konobas grill the day's catch, and the Vugava white pours cold. Come sunset the western horizon runs unbroken toward Italy, and it earns its reputation.

Things to do

Grill-fresh sardines and a glass of Vugava

Browse the fishing museum in the Venetian tower

Climb Mount Hum for the island-wide panorama

Wander the fishing fleet on the east quay

Watch the sun drop toward Italy from the wall

Mooring tip

Go stern-to with your own anchor in the inner basin, over sand and weed that mostly holds well; expect a harbour fee. If a southwesterly above 15 knots is forecast, the outer wall is untenable overnight, so run the six miles up to Vis Town in St George's Bay for full shelter.

Vela Luka
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Day 3

Komiža → Biševo – Budihovac – Vela Luka

Get to Biševo early. The cave only glows that electric blue when the low sun angles through the underwater opening, roughly nine to eleven in the morning, so beat the tour crowd off Komiža and you queue less. Private dinghies stay out; you tie at the little concession quay and take one of the official tenders in for a twenty-minute look. From there it is a short hop to Budihovac, a pair of low islets off the south coast of Vis with water so clear the anchor chain hangs like glass in eight metres of sand. Swim, eat aboard, then point the bow east. Eighteen miles on lies Vela Luka, a long west-facing inlet at the end of Korčula with fuel, water and real shelter. Dinner is žrnovski makaruni, the hand-rolled pasta they form on knitting needles.

Things to do

See the Blue Cave glow around 10am

Anchor for a swim off Budihovac islets

Eat žrnovski makaruni, Korčula's hand-rolled pasta

Top up fuel at the Vela Luka pump

Stroll the Vela Luka waterfront after dark

Mooring tip

The Blue Cave concession quay is lunchtime only, fee paid at the kiosk, no overnight stops. Vela Luka takes you stern-to on the long town quay over hard-holding mud and sand, fuel at the western end, and only a strong southerly ever pushes swell into the basin.

Hvar
4
Day 4

Vela Luka → Hvar

Leave early. Thirty-two miles across two channels is the longest single run of the week, and the Maestral typically fills from the west around two in the afternoon. Clear the Korčula Channel before it builds and you sail the rest on a comfortable beam reach into Hvar. The town announces itself from a distance: the Fortica fortress crowning the hill, the long stone arcade of the Arsenal on the waterfront, the bell tower of St Stephen's above the square. Take a berth at ACI Marina Hvar on the west side of the bay; for anything larger than a light-air night it is the only sensible option, with lazy lines and services laid on. The riva will tempt you, but it packs out with tour boats and tenders by noon and offers no cover from the afternoon wind. Berth, walk in, climb the fort before the heat, then lose an evening in the back-lane konobas.

Things to do

Climb the Fortica for the Pakleni view

Walk the Arsenal and St Stephen's square

Find a quiet konoba off the main square

Dinghy to the Pakleni islands for a swim

People-watch on the riva after dark

Mooring tip

Book ACI Marina Hvar ahead in season; in any real wind it is the only safe overnight spot for a mid-size yacht, and it comes with lazy lines, water and power. The town riva charges by the hour, sits exposed to west gusts and fills with tenders, so treat it as a daytime stop only.

Stari grad
5
Day 5

Hvar → Stari Grad

An easy morning. Fourteen miles takes you clockwise around the western cape and deep into the long bay that shelters Stari Grad on Hvar's north side. The Greeks landed here in 384 BC and called it Pharos; their street grid still runs through the old quarter, and the plain behind town, the Stari Grad Plain, has been farmed on the same divisions ever since, which is why UNESCO listed it. Mooring is easy either way: the town quay along the western shore takes you stern-to on your own anchor for a fee, or the small ACI marina on the eastern side gives you lazy lines and shore power. The bay runs like a fjord and stays flat in any wind, so this is a rare night you can relax about the forecast. Walk to Tvrdalj, the poet Hektorović's fortified house with its stone fishpond, and eat peka out on the plain if you book ahead.

Things to do

Walk the Greek grid in the old quarter

See Tvrdalj Castle and its stone fishpond

Cycle out across the Stari Grad Plain

Book peka at a plain-side konoba

Ride the lavender road east of town

Mooring tip

Either mooring works: stern-to on the town quay along the western shore for a modest fee with water and power on the central stretch, or lazy lines at ACI Marina Stari Grad opposite. The bay is fjord-shaped and holds calm in every wind direction, making it one of the surest overnight anchorages on Hvar.

Milna
6
Day 6

Stari Grad → Milna

Twelve miles north drops you into Milna, a narrow inlet cutting into the western side of Brač that has sheltered boats since Venetian days. The mouth is easy to read: the tall parish church on the inner quay, grey stone houses stacked up the slope, the basin narrowing to a pocket of still water at the head. Tie stern-to on the inner town quay for a small fee, water and power laid on, or drop the hook out in the wider bay in six to ten metres of sand and run a line to the rocks if the Maestral pipes up. Brač built half of Dalmatia from its white limestone, the same stone cut for Diocletian's Palace and still quarried up at Pučišća. Order lamb under the peka the moment you're tied off; the coals need three hours.

Things to do

Order lamb peka the moment you moor

Anchor out with a stern line ashore

See the 17th-century parish church

Sample Brač olive oil at the co-op

Dinghy north to Bobovišća for a sunset swim

Mooring tip

Stern-to on the inner town quay gives you a small fee plus water and power on the central section; the outer bay is free anchoring with a stern line to the rocks. Milna opens to the west and southwest, so if the afternoon Maestral gets up above 15 knots the inner quay stays calmer, and Bobovišća three miles north is the all-weather fallback.

Trogir
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Day 7

Milna → Trogir

Fifteen miles northwest closes the loop, back across the Brač and Split Channels to ACI Marina Trogir. Saturday handovers run tight, so aim to be alongside by nine with the tanks pumped, fuel topped and decks rinsed, and the skipper on hand for the checkout between eight and nine. There is still time for a last swim: the southern shore of Čiovo is dotted with small bays, and Slatine or Saldun make an obvious final dip before you turn into the marina. Once the inspection clears, Trogir's old town is a five-minute walk over the bridge. Head for the Cathedral of St Lawrence and stand under the Radovan portal, the finest piece of medieval carving in the country, or climb the Kamerlengo tower for the view. Split airport is ten minutes up the road, and a long lunch on the Riva is the right way to end the week.

Things to do

Swim a last bay off Slatine or Saldun

Stand under the Cathedral's Radovan portal

Climb the Kamerlengo fortress for the view

Pump out and fuel before the checkout

Take a long lunch on Trogir's Riva

Mooring tip

Bring her back into ACI Marina Trogir as your contract sets out; the base manager assigns the berth on arrival. The Saturday checkout window is eight to nine, so if your paperwork calls for a night-before return, be alongside by five on Friday, and the fuel pontoon sits on the western entrance side.

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