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A SeaHelp membership offers comprehensive all-round protection for almost all problems that can befall a skipper and his crew. Even towing free in case of light grounding is free of charge with a SeaHelp membership. What needs to be considered if "land is bought" unintentionally and the yacht cannot be freed under its own power? Whether towing assistance, starting assistance,...
Read moreDownload and use the SeaHelp service on your cell phone or tablet - that's already been true for users of the handy SeaHelp app, which you can easily download from the popular stores (Apple App Store, Google Play Store) for free. New under the menu item "Infomap": videos and panoramic photos In addition to the man and material saving SOS...
Read moreSeasickness is a so-called motion sickness, a kinetosis. Therefore, it can also occur in cars, buses or airplanes as motion sickness. It occurs because the brain receives different information from the eyes, the inner ear with the organ of balance, and the muscles about the position, posture, and location of the body in space. When this information does not match...
Read moreInsuring boats, yachts and ships based in Croatia and covered only by the Croatian compulsory insurance has some pitfalls that apparently not all owners are aware of, warns SeaHelp, Europe's largest nautical breakdown service. To cut to the chase, Croatia's compulsory insurance, which until 2020 could also be taken out directly through the port captain, only covers damage for which...
Read moreThe situation in the nautical sector in Croatia seems to be developing much more positively than it is commonly portrayed in public: The SeaHelp rescue boats already had to go out again before Easter to provide assistance to skippers and are currently recording more missions day by day. This "perceived, subjective impression" of increased activity on the water is also...
Read moreTowing unmaneuverable ships, boats and yachts is part of the daily business of the nautical breakdown service SeaHelp and is the numerous free services of a SeaHelp membership integrated because technical problems can be solved much better and easier in a marina than on the high seas. Even if the SeaHelp response boats are already well equipped to provide "first...
Read moreProviding jump-start assistance when the on-board battery is discharged is one of the free services included in a SeaHelp membership. Not without reason, as can be seen from the SeaHelp breakdown statistics, because the number of jump-start requests has increased significantly in recent years. A clear distinction should be made between conventional car batteries and on-board batteries on ships, boats...
Read moreSeaHelp Livestream on the SeaHelp-Channel at YouTube: Who is authorized to steer a yacht or a boat in the Croatian coastal waters with which boat license and which additional authorizations are required? Questions that are asked not only by the countless charter guests who travel to Croatia year after year to take the unique island world of the Kornati under...
Read moreSkippers know the problem: Sometimes external influences force you to leave the set course in order to get back into the right channel with a course correction. This was also the case with the last livestream of SeaHelp, in which the topic was entry/return Croatia for Austrian and German vacationers/skippers. Obviously, the editors had not given enough time to the...
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