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All owners of vessels registered under the Croatian flag, listen up: all those who have not yet supplied all the necessary requirements for registration, may face far-reaching consequences as from 2020 even a compulsory deregistration of the vessel might be possible.
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A sad case that could have been easily prevented by using the adequate measures: A 57-year-old man died on a charter boat in Dalmatia, five other passengers had to be taken to hospital in Split-Firule, some of them showing life threatening signs of toxicity and they had to be treated in the intensive care unit. It is particularly unfortunate that,...
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Normally, Livade would be a small, insignificant village in the Istrian hinterland, if not, many years ago, a certain Giancarlo Zigante would have found the largest white truffle worldwide and thus founded his truffle empire. ”Zigante Tartufi‟ as it is called officially, has made a name for itself in gourmet circles all over the world and therefore, almost inseparably connected,...
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When olive oil is involved, Croatians really can’t take a joke. The best oil in the world always originates from the region where they live. But no matter if Istria, Kvarner, Dalmatia or the Dubrovnik region, ultimately it remains a question of personal taste and, of course, of the fact which oil you got used to throughout the years.
Read moreThe ferry terminal is located on the western side of the island, as well as the berths reserved for local people and fishing boats. South of the terminal (0.2 nautical miles) in Pocumarak bay, you will find a couple of anchoring buoys for mooring.
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The summer of 2019 is over, the first spurs of autumn are already trying to dispel the last sun rays of late summer more or less successfully. There is a great deal of bustle in the marinas as, after all, boats have to be made fit for winter. By now at the latest, when one’s own vehicle is available within...
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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...
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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...
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Does it hold or does it not? This was the question for a SeaHelp member last year mooring in a buoy field in the Uvala Podbucina in the area of Kakan island. He documented the buoy’s condition and passed the information on to SeaHelp which, finally, was the deciding factor for our article ”First check, then tie down‟. As the...
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