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...

SeaHelp travel guide: Restaurant Masarine, Premuda island

13.04.2020

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...

Campaign ”Safety at sea‟ by the Croatian authorities: 398 ships controlled, 142 violations detected

12.08.2019

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.

Croatia 2019: Currently many marinas full!

13.04.2020

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

13.04.2020

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.

The problem of buoy fields: Checking with the Croatian Navy Department

13.04.2020

The subject of ”buoy fields‟ seems to be a legally grey area and quite an emotionally charged subject. As we learnt from the Austrian daily “Kurier“ a skipper, anchoring near a buoy field, was reported to have recently fallen victim to a waste oil attack which irritates a lot of skippers. SeaHelp wanted to know for sure andchecked with the...

Kornati National Park up to date: Prices and latest regulations for 2019

13.04.2020

Finally, prices for anchoring in the Croatian national parks for 2019 are available. Skippers’ special interest, though, will probably be directed to the pleasantly moderate modified price list for the Kornati National Park as, apart from partly significant reductions of accomodation prices in the Kornati National Park for larger ships, most konobas are offering their jetties at quite a favourable...

Storms in Croatia: Storm and thunderstorm from nowhere

20.04.2020

The last thunderstorm, which swept across the Croatian coast from Istria to Dalmatia on Sunday evening, 7 July 2019, was not necessarily marked by record wind speeds in many regions, but came literally out of the blue. A skipper who was right in the middle of the action: "There was the best bathing weather, suddenly we heard a roll of...

Water quality in the Adriatic: Croatia’s bathing water is clean

13.04.2020

What could be more pleasant than a jump overboard into cool, refreshing water? In order to avoid possible negative health consequences, the EC is conducting a respective monitoring in all member states with Croatia taking the lead year after year.