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Biograd na Moru via Vis & Hvar.

A 7-day yacht charter from Biograd na Moru to Vrgada, Primošten, Vis, Hvar, Šolta and Šibenik — with honest mooring notes for every leg.

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Vrgada
Day 1

Biograd → Vrgada

A gentle 12-mile shakedown south from Biograd to car-free Vrgada, where a genuinely sandy bay is a rarity on this stony coast.

Distance

6 NM

Sailing

~1.2h at 5 kn

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Best season

May – early October (peak Jun – Sep)

Duration

7 days

Departure

Biograd na Moru

Sailing area

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Day 1 / 7
Vrgada
1
Day 1

Biograd → Vrgada

The first leg is short on purpose. Twelve miles gives the crew time to find the winches, sort out the windlass and shake off the drive down. Biograd empties out past Pašman, and by early afternoon Vrgada sits low on the water ahead, pine-dark and quiet. There are no cars here, just a handful of tracks worn between the houses and the chapel. We usually drop the hook in Lučica on the south side, where the bottom is pale sand rather than the weed and rock you get almost everywhere else round here. Swim before dinner; the shallows warm up fast. Ashore, the family konobas cook whatever came up in the nets that morning, brudet most evenings, eaten slowly. A calm, honest start.

Things to do

Anchor and swim in Lučica bay

Walk the car-free tracks to the chapel

Fresh brudet at a family konoba

Snorkel the sandy shallows before dinner

Mooring tip

Take a restaurant buoy in Lučica if you plan to eat ashore, usually free with dinner; otherwise anchor on the sand in 4–6 m with plenty of scope. It fills up on August weekends, so arrive by mid-afternoon.

Primosten
2
Day 2

Vrgada → Primošten

Leave by nine if you can. The maestral usually fills in from the northwest after midday, and on a southbound course that puts it on the quarter for a decent sail once you clear the shipping lanes off Šibenik. Primošten shows up long before you reach it, houses stacked tight on a near-island with the Sv. Juraj church holding the high ground. The old core is a knot of stepped lanes that empty straight down to the water. Behind town, the Bucavac slopes are terraced in drystone, and the Babić red they press off those baked plots is worth a bottle at dinner. We tend to eat late here and let the harbour lights do the work. The swimming below the vineyard point is good on a still evening.

Things to do

Climb to Sv. Juraj church

Taste Babić red from the Bucavac terraces

Swim below the vineyard headland

Wander Primošten's stepped old-town lanes

Mooring tip

Marina Kremik, about 1.5 miles south, is the reliable berth and worth booking in July and August. For a free night, anchor in one of the sandy coves nearby in 5–7 m and dinghy in.

Komiza
3
Day 3

Primošten → Komiža

This is the one open-water passage of the week, so watch the forecast the night before. Get out of Primošten early, because if the jugo is building from the southeast you will feel it on the nose long before Vis lifts over the horizon. Komiža opens up on the western side, a working fishing town of salt-stained boats and steep pastel houses, with Hum rising behind. Walk up to the church of St. Nicholas above town for the light in the last hour of sun. Dinner is komiška pogača, the local flatbread of onion, tomato and salted anchovy, best straight from the oven near the harbour. Vugava, the island white, goes with it. Save the Blue Cave on Biševo for a calm early morning; the light inside works best before the day boats arrive.

Things to do

Walk up to St. Nicholas church at sunset

Komiška pogača by the harbour

Early Blue Cave trip to Biševo

Taste Vugava, the Vis white wine

Mooring tip

Komiža's town quay is exposed to the west and really only for short daytime stops. For a settled night, book ACI Marina Vis across the island, or anchor in one of the coves in Vis bay.

Hvar
4
Day 4

Komiža → Hvar Town

After the quiet of Vis, Hvar is a jolt. The harbour is a scene, superyachts stern-to along the riva and the cafes full by late morning. It earns the fuss, though. St. Stephen's Square is the largest in Dalmatia, opening from the cathedral down to the water, and the climb to the Fortica above town is worth doing in the cooler part of the afternoon for the view over the Pakleni chain. Come evening the town slows into something better. Duck into a courtyard restaurant off the main square, order whatever the day's catch is, and let the crowds thin. If the crew wants a swim rather than a scene, the Pakleni islets opposite have clear coves a short tender ride away, and the water there stays calm most afternoons.

Things to do

Climb to the Fortica fortress above town

Cross to the Pakleni Islands to swim

See St. Stephen's Cathedral and square

Sunset drink at Hula-Hula beach bar

Mooring tip

The town quay fills fast and runs first-come, with no laid lines, so have fenders and a long line ready. For a reserved berth and a quieter night, book ACI Marina Palmižana on Sveti Klement, two miles across.

Veli Drvenik
5
Day 5

Hvar → Maslinica (Šolta)

Šolta gets skipped by a lot of crews heading for Brač or Hvar, which is exactly why it is worth the detour. Maslinica sits at the western end of the island, its harbour framed by the old Martinis-Marchi castle and looking straight out at a scatter of seven uninhabited islets that break up the swell and the light. The pace drops the moment you tie up. This is olive and honey country, and the island lamb, slow-cooked under the peka, is the thing to order if a konoba will do it for you. We often skip the marina and anchor round in Šešula, the deep inlet just south, where a couple of family-run places run buoys and cook off small menus. Bring a bike if the boat has one; the grove tracks inland are flat and shaded.

Things to do

Anchor and dine in Šešula inlet

See the Martinis-Marchi castle at Maslinica

Tender out to the seven islets

Order peka-cooked Šolta lamb

Mooring tip

ACI Marina Maslinica is small and well sheltered but books out in season, so reserve ahead. Šešula bay one mile south is a calmer, cheaper night on sand in 5–8 m, with restaurant buoys if you eat ashore.

Šibenik
6
Day 6

Maslinica → Šibenik

The run back is a proper day at sea, so an early start pays off, and if the maestral cooperates you can sail most of it on a broad reach. Šibenik is a different animal from the island ports. It grew up as a Croatian town, not a Venetian one, and you feel that in the tight grey streets climbing to St. Michael's fortress. The Cathedral of St. James is the reason to walk up from the water: built entirely of stone, no timber and no mortar, its dome and the frieze of carved heads around the apse the work of a mason who clearly enjoyed showing off. If there is time and energy left, the Krka waterfalls are a short trip up the river. Otherwise, eat by the harbour and let the fort lights come on.

Things to do

Tour the stone Cathedral of St. James

Climb to St. Michael's Fortress

Afternoon at Krka's Skradinski buk falls

Walk the grey streets of the old town

Mooring tip

Mandalina Marina on the south bank is the usual charter berth and easy to enter. For a night up the river near the waterfalls, ACI Marina Skradin is the alternative, reached through the narrow St. Anthony channel.

Biograd na moru
7
Day 7

Šibenik → Biograd

The last leg is deliberately gentle, a chance to unwind the week rather than push it. Twelve miles up the coast leaves the whole day loose, so most crews dawdle, dropping into a Pašman cove for a final swim while the tanks and lockers get their last sort-out. Time the approach for late afternoon and the Biograd waterfront looks its best coming in, the marina lights picking up as the sky goes over. There is time before dinner to walk the riva and look in at the town's small heritage museum. For the last supper aboard, order crni rižot, the black cuttlefish risotto that stains everything and tastes of the sea. Fuel and settle up in the morning; nobody enjoys a rushed handover on the final night.

Things to do

Last swim in a Pašman cove

Walk the Biograd riva at dusk

Visit the town heritage museum

Crni rižot for the final dinner

Mooring tip

Both Marina Kornati and Marina Šangulin sit inside the old-town breakwater and are easy to reach. Confirm your fuel slot the day before, as the queue backs up on Friday and Saturday changeover mornings.

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