Boat leasing in Croatia: 4,378 charter yachts and charter boats
Croatians are the world‘s champions when it comes to leasing yachts. According to the Croatian internet portal Pomorac, ”sailor‟ in English, each year about half a million charter guests are coming to Croatia in order to discover the Croatian coastline by one of the 4,378 charter yachts and charter boats. This is corresponding to a share of about 40% of the charter fleet available all over the world.
SeaHelp travel guide: Restaurant Masarine, Premuda island
It is nearly impossible for pleasure seekers to leave Premuda island, just less than ten square kilometres large, on port or starboard as at the Restaurant Masarine, an inside tip in skipper circles, very special delicacies are literally waiting for hungry seafarers: Naturally, freshly caught fish is being served, but as well pork, beef, sheep and goat meat, as well as various kinds of shellfish.
Campaign ”Safety at sea‟ by the Croatian authorities: 398 ships controlled, 142 violations detected
In a concentrated action on July 31, the Croatian authorities that are responsible for maritime safety, conducted another day of action concerning ”Security at sea‟, in the scope of which 101 employees controlled a total of 398 ships of different categories. Here, 142 violations were detected and fines amounting to a total of 260,219 Kuna were imposed.
Bad weather warnings via App: SeaHelp members were spared from damage
The Croatian coastline is 1,777 kilometres long and adding the 1,185 islands, it totals to more than 6,000 kilometres of coastline, according to official measurements. Even relatively unexperienced skippers should be aware that, especially during the summer months, severe local storms might approach all of a sudden, in no way predictable when watching the daily weather report in the morning. However, those who want to be on the safe side, should make sure to have the SeaHelp app loaded on their smartphone, in addition, of course, to the normal precautions, as the app will always give a warning of such metrological incidents via push news and a clearly audible ship’s horn.
Croatia 2019: Currently many marinas full!
The watersports season 2019 in Croatia is booming. At the latest, when the Italian holidays ”Ferragosto‟ startet, harbours and marinas were filled up to the last place.
SeaHelp travel guide: Kaprije island and Konoba Kunjka
Kaprije island, located more or less at the altitude of Sibenik, got its name from the vast population of caper plants, Kaprije in Croatian. Two harbours or marinas, respectively, though this term seems a bit exaggerated for the landing stage Kaprije Ostrica, facing the mainland, invite skippers to visit the island.