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

Biograd na Moru via Pag.

Sail seven days from Biograd na Moru north to Pag through the quiet outer Zadar islands: Molat, Silba, Olib, Iž. Anchorage and mooring notes inside.

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Ždrelac
Day 1

Biograd → Ždrelac Bay

A short first leg up the Pašman channel to shake down the boat, ending at the sheltered narrows below the Ždrelac bridge.

Distance

6 NM

Sailing

~1.2h at 5 kn

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Route at a glance

Best season

May – early October (peak Jun – Sep)

Duration

7 days

Departure

Biograd na Moru

Sailing area

Zadar

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Day 1 / 7
Ždrelac
1
Day 1

Biograd → Ždrelac Bay

Most crews use the first afternoon to find out how the boat handles, and this leg is built for exactly that. Biograd's two marinas sit behind the old-town breakwater, so you clear the moorings and turn north into the Pašman channel with flat water on both sides. Give yourself an hour or two to swim before the light goes soft. Ždrelac is the pinch point where Ugljan and Pašman almost touch, spanned by a low road bridge, and the bay just short of it holds well on sand. We usually drop the hook by five, pour something cold, and let the crew settle. Rosemary and pine carry across the water once the engines are off. A konoba ashore does a decent brudet if nobody feels like cooking on the first night.

Things to do

Stroll the Biograd Riva promenade

Swim the Ždrelac narrows before sunset

Brudet fish stew at a konoba

Provision at the Biograd town market

Mooring tip

Anchor on sand in 5–7 m just south of the bridge; good hold and shelter from the northwest. The town quay in Biograd is short-stay only, so plan to spend the night at anchor.

Molat
2
Day 2

Ždrelac → Molat

Molat rewards an early start, mostly because the anchorage fills slowly and you want first pick. From Ždrelac you point west-northwest across open channel water, and if the maestral has come up by midday you'll sail the back half of it. Brgulje bay on the northern shore is the pick for the night: deep, well protected, with a few restaurant buoys off the hamlet and plenty of room to swing on your own chain. The island has maybe two hundred residents year-round, spread between Molat, Brgulje and Zapuntel, joined by one quiet road. Walk it in the evening cool. Zapuntel's cove sits almost empty most days, and the water there is the pale green you came for. Little moves after dark out here, which is the point.

Things to do

Walk the lane between Molat's three villages

Swim the quiet Zapuntel cove

Grilled fish at a Brgulje konoba

Stargaze in genuinely dark waters

Mooring tip

Best night is on the hook in Brgulje bay, sand and weed at 5–8 m; set the anchor well as holding on weed can be patchy. Restaurant moorings off the village usually expect you to eat ashore.

Silba
3
Day 3

Molat → Silba

Silba is narrow at its waist, and the village sits on that neck with a harbour on each side, which is handy: you pick your berth by the wind. West wind, tuck into the eastern side; anything from the east, use the western mole. No cars run here, so the pace drops the moment you step ashore. The Toreta, a little spiral stone tower a sea captain built for a woman who never came, is the walk everyone does. Torta beach on the west shore is the swim to aim for, shallow and clear over pale stone. We tend to anchor off in Pocukmarak and dinghy in for dinner. Lamb slow-cooked under the bell is worth ordering ahead if a konoba will do it for you.

Things to do

Climb to the Toreta spiral tower

Swim shallow Torta beach on the west shore

Wander Silba's car-free stone alleys

Peka lamb ordered ahead at a konoba

Mooring tip

Choose your harbour by the wind, since Silba's village sits between two exposed moles. For a settled night we anchor in Pocukmarak on sand at 5–8 m, sheltered from the north and northeast, and take the tender ashore.

Šimuni
4
Day 4

Ilovik → Šimuni (Pag)

This leg puts you back on the inhabited coast. You cross east toward Pag, a long spine of pale limestone that looks scrubbed bare from a distance, and slide into Šimuni roughly halfway up the island. The ACI marina here is small and books out in July and August, so call ahead or plan to anchor in one of the coves nearby. Rent a bike and ride north to Lun, where a grove of wild olives has stood for centuries, some trunks knotted and ancient. Pag earns its reputation at the table: sharp sheep's cheese, salt raked from the pans, and lamb that tastes of the herbs the flocks graze on. Order the lamb at a grill near the water and you'll understand the fuss.

Things to do

Cycle to the ancient Lun olive groves

Taste Paški sir sheep's cheese

Grilled Pag lamb near the harbour

Anchor a quiet cove off Šimuni

Mooring tip

ACI Marina Šimuni is small and fills fast in high summer, so reserve ahead. If it's full, the coves on either side of the village give good holding on sand in 5–7 m and a calmer night than the marina.

Olib
5
Day 5

Šimuni → Olib

Olib is the kind of place people forget exists, which is exactly why it belongs on this route. The hop from Šimuni is short, an easy morning that leaves the whole day for the island. Sand is the theme here: Slatina bay shelves gently into clear shallows, and Banve on the far side is quieter still. Ashore, stone cottages sink slowly under fig and bramble, and a Roman-era past turns up in odd corners of the fields. Ask around for olibške makarule, a hand-rolled pasta the older women still make, and you may get lucky at a family table. The port is tiny with only a handful of berths, so most crews anchor. Cicadas, thyme on the breeze, and very little else. That's the whole appeal.

Things to do

Swim the sandy shallows of Slatina bay

Find quieter Banve beach on the far shore

Try hand-rolled olibške makarule pasta

Cycle the empty stone-village tracks

Mooring tip

The fishing port has only a few berths, so plan on anchoring. Slatina bay holds well on sand in 4–6 m with shelter from the north and northeast; drop early in season to claim space before the afternoon arrivals.

Iž
6
Day 6

Olib → Iž

After the bare outer islands, Iž brings back greener country, a long ridge of pine and olive with a village at each end. The passage back across the channel is the longest of the week, though rarely difficult if you leave on the morning calm before the maestral fills in. Veli Iž is the hub, with a small, well-sheltered marina and the pottery the island is known for. Iž is the last place in Croatia where the peka bells are still thrown by hand, and a workshop visit is worth an hour. For a swim, cut round to Knež bay or one of the coves on the eastern shore. If a village fjera happens to land on your night, stay for it: long tables, sheep's cheese, wine from the jug, and a mandolin somewhere in the noise.

Things to do

Watch peka bells thrown at a Veli Iž pottery

Berth at the small ACI marina

Swim into quiet Knež bay

Join a village fjera if one lands

Mooring tip

The ACI marina at Veli Iž is compact but well protected and a safe bet for the night. For anchoring, Knež bay offers good hold on sand at 5–8 m and a quieter spot away from the harbour.

Biograd na moru
7
Day 7

Iž → Biograd

The last day is short by design, so there's no rush. Ride the channel back toward the mainland and steal one more swim off Ugljan, where the coves on the Biograd-facing shore stay calm through the morning. Leave enough margin to reach base with the tank topped up: charter handovers run tight, and you don't want to be queueing for fuel at noon with the next crew waiting. Biograd's two marinas both sit inside the old breakwater, an easy approach even in a fresh maestral. Once you're tied up, the black risotto at a riva restaurant is the traditional last supper, dark and glossy with cuttlefish ink. Walk the promenade one final time. A week of empty anchorages tends to reset something, and this run delivers more of them than most.

Things to do

Last swim in a quiet Ugljan cove

Crni rižot black risotto on the riva

Walk the Biograd Riva promenade

Top up fuel before the handover

Mooring tip

Both Marina Kornati and Marina Šangulin sit inside Biograd's old-town breakwater, so the final approach stays sheltered. Confirm your fuel-dock slot a day ahead, as the morning queue builds fast on changeover days.

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