Heading Out from Zadar – Božava, Luka (Dugi otok), Telašćica, Vrulja (Kornat), Piškera, Žut
Alternatively: a large choice of places to berth and drop anchor; a return via the Pašman channel if your ship’s mast is too high to pass via Ždrelac (16.40 m). Special moments: the hamlets and coves of the island of Dugi otok, the stone labyrinth of the Kornati islands.
Zadar Photo Gallery
What to look out for: sea currents at Proversa and Ždrelac and the need for precise navigation through the Kornati islands on account of the reefs and rocks.
Sailing Croatia from Zadar – view large map
Božava
We’ve chosen Zadar as our launch point, our goal is the Kornati and the island of Dugi otok, but you can easily adjust your cruise even if you head out from Sukošan or from Šimuna on the island of Pag. Tour Ugljan from the north side on day one of your cruise going by way of the Veli Ždrelac passage between Rivanj and Ugljan, sail around the southern capes of the islands of Sestrunj and Zverinac, small islands before them, and you’ll get to peaceful and beautiful Božava (16 miles). You can make berth behind or along the waterfront before the breakwater. A short walk around the bay can take you through a nice forest and to the hotel. A little further from the hotel is another beautiful bay in which you can drop anchor when the northeasterly Bura is not blowing.
Telaščica, Kornati National Park
Head south along the island of Dugi otok next morning. Divide the trip to Telašcica over two days, and for your harbour on the night of the first day you have plenty of possibilities to choose from: Brbinj, Savar, Žman, Zaglav and Sali on the island of Dugi otok, the green Mala Rava or Vela Rava (“the centre of the world”) or even Mali Iž and Veli Iž. You’ll love all of these hamlets. Here we’ll choose Luka bay on the island of Dugi otok. If you are unable to find a berth on the short local waterfront, you can find safe harbour at several spots in the wide and well-protected bay that also has a sandy bottom.
On day three you will find yourself before the Kornati islands. To make your entry into the Kornati labyrinth you can choose between two passages. The first on your route will be Mala Proversa, deepened and widened some twenty years ago and now a safer and larger passage than Vela Proversa, which is farther to the south. After you make the passage, turn to the right and enter three mile long Telašcica.
Kornati islands
Depending on the prevailing wind, you can surely find a safe berth in one of the fifteen branches of the bay. In front of the restaurant in Mir bay you will find two small jetties, and you can also weigh anchor. Its worth making the trip by foot to the saltwater lake of the same name and to the cliffs on the open sea side of the isthmus that forms part of the peninsula that closes the bay to the south.
Dive into the world of the Kornati islands on day four. Take a good map in hand and let your inspiration lead you. We suggest that you get to Vrulja by the evening of day four, a small settlement on the island of Kornat. Here you will be able to berth along a concrete quay with moorings in front of the restaurant of Ante Jerata, the best-known Kornati octopus hunter.
Marina Piškera, Kornati
On day five, after having toured the entire Kornati National Park you will end up in the Piškera marina or at the quay on Žakan. There are numerous other possibilities: Kravljacica, Levrnaka, Lavsa… We will also add only that restaurants (in which potable water may run out, but fish and wine never) can be found in all of the Kornati bays where there are houses. (The Piccolo restaurant on Vela Smokvica, Beban and Darko on the island of Kornat and Mare on the island of Katina are excellent.)
And finally on day six it is time to leave the Kornati islands and head out to the marina on Žut. You can do this by sailing around the island of Kornat from the south side and passing through its southern entrance between cape Opat and Vela Smokvica or by returning towards Proversa.
Marina Žut
In the bay of Žut harbour there are a multitude of small coves, so that you can choose one to stop in. There is also a marina here. Here too there is a good number of restaurants. After passing the night on Žut you have only, on your last day, to make the trip through the Ždrelac passage between Ugljan and Pašman and sail the remaining 16 miles to Zadar. There are several options for stops on the way: in the passage of Veli Ždrelac itself, in Kukljica, off the small island of Ošljak, in Preko or in Sutomišcica.
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