In case of a storm it is always recommended to leave the anchorage and your berth in the port until the storm passes. An old seafarers prayer says “Dear God, may my boat save me from the sea and I will save it from the shore”, meaning that no storm will last forever and that it is better to sail out and keep away from the shore during the storm.
Sailing holidays have their good sides and less good sides. Our skipper has tried to enlist all the pros and cons of spending your vacation aboard a yacht.
There are 5 types of sailing yachts for charter: performance yachts, cruiser sailing yachts, catamarans, daily cruisers and gulets. Before you charter a yacht, make sure to read this short guide that will help you find and charter a perfect yacht for your sailing vacation.
If you wish to fish while on a sailing trip in Croatia, you should know that you have to have a fishing permit, issued by the Directorate of Fisheries within the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture. Also, keep in mind that not everyone is a fishing enthusiast and that you have to clean after yourself and not leave your fishing gear around the aft.
How to behave onboard? Why you should follow all the orders by your captain or skipper? Is it just skipper’s ego or his rules matter? Find the set of rules that will keep you, your crew and your skipper happy and, most importantly, safe.
Choosing a set of sails is one of the main issues when chartering a yacht. To help you, our skipper offers his opinion on this eternal dilemma. In this post, read about advantages and disadvantages of chartering a yacht with an in-mast furling mainsail system, and about good and bad sides of using a standard, battened system.
Jugo is a warm and humid wind in the Croatian Adriatic that blows from the SE. It brings bad weather and clouds and lasts from three to five days. Jugo is also characteristic for the mood it brings and the way it affects Dalmatians. This mood includes slight headache, disorientation, dizziness and bad temper.
One of things that yachting people are always lacking is space. Regardless of the size of your yacht, there is always missing just a little bit of space here and there. But, with a good planning that small issue could be solved.
Rule of thumb: when packing for your trip try to think on those things that you would not survive without and your yacht will become bigger for sure.
There are many virtues of a good skipper. It is hard to make a universal list and even harder to rank them. Our skipper made the following list of virtues after recent discussions: knowledge, organizational skills, interpersonal skills, coolness, courage, wanderlust and sailing skills.
Here are the most important things to know when reading a sailing itinerary in the region you are about to sail.
