Trogir crewed overnight charter.

## Why start from Trogir

Trogir is a stone island town wedged between the mainland and Čiovo, joined to both by short bridges. The old core is small enough to cross in ten minutes and old enough to be UNESCO-listed, and at 6am the riva smells of diesel, bread and wet stone.

Most charter weeks in this part of Dalmatia begin at one of the marinas around Split and Kaštela. Trogir has no charter base of its own, which is exactly the point: it sits minutes from the airport and minutes from the boats, without the traffic, cruise crowds and parking problems of Split. Fly in, eat on the quay, sleep, board in the morning.

## The sailing grounds

Central Dalmatia is the reason people come back. From the Split-area marinas you are in open water inside an hour, with Šolta lying directly across the channel and Brač, Hvar and Vis stacked up behind it.

Distances are short and forgiving. Šolta is roughly 12nm from the base, Brač 15-20nm, Hvar town about 25nm, Vis around 30nm. That means a week can be sailed at 3-4 hours a day with long afternoons at anchor, or pushed harder if the crew wants sea miles.

Go north-west instead and the coast turns quieter: Rogoznica, Primošten, the Šibenik channel and the Kornati archipelago, which is bare rock, thin scrub and very few lights at night. Both directions work from the same starting point.

## Harbours and anchorages

Maslinica on Šolta is the natural first night — a west-facing bay that catches the evening light, with Šešula around the corner if the marina is full. Komiža on Vis is a working fishing town with a steep seawall and a fair swell in westerlies; Vis town on the other side is calmer and better sheltered.

The Pakleni islands off Hvar are the busy end of the scale in high summer, with lines ashore in Palmižana and boats rafted deep. Šćedro, south of Hvar, is the antidote. On Brač, Milna is a solid all-weather harbour, Bobovišća a quiet fjord-like inlet, Pučišća a white stone quarry town on the north coast.

Krknjaši, off Drvenik Veli, has turquoise water over sand and gets called the Blue Lagoon. It is 8nm from base and full of day-trip boats by 10am. Arrive late or stay the night.

## Season and winds

The charter season runs from late April to the end of October. May, June and September are the best weeks on the water: warm, sailable, and quiet enough to find space on a quay. July and August are hot, busy and expensive, and marinas fill by mid-afternoon. October brings unsettled weather and shorter days.

The summer working wind is the maestral, a north-westerly sea breeze that fills in around midday, blows 10-18 knots and dies at dusk. Plan passages for the afternoon and it does most of the work.

The bura is a north-easterly that falls off the mountains, gusty and cold, mainly an autumn-to-spring wind but capable of a sharp summer appearance. The jugo is a south-easterly that arrives with cloud, humidity and a building swell, and tends to last a few days. Both are forecastable; neither should catch a crew that reads the morning briefing.

## What you can charter

The fleet working these waters is mostly production monohulls from 38ft to 54ft, plus catamarans in the 40-50ft range. Monohulls sail better upwind and cost less to berth; catamarans give you space, shallow draught and a flat deck at anchor, which matters with children aboard.

Bareboat is the default if you hold the right paperwork. A skipper can be added for the week, and is worth it for a first Adriatic charter — local knowledge of which quay is tenable in a jugo is not something you get from a pilot book. A hostess or cook can be arranged on top. Fully crewed yachts are available on request.

## What it costs

Prices move with boat, age and week, so treat these as ranges rather than quotes.

A 45-50ft bareboat monohull typically runs roughly EUR 2,500-4,500 per week in the shoulder months and roughly EUR 4,500-8,000 in July and August. Catamarans sit well above that and the spread is wide: price on request. A professional skipper is around EUR 200-250 per day plus food; a hostess is similar.

Budget separately for berthing at EUR 60-150 a night in season for a 45-footer, more in the busiest Hvar-side marinas, and nothing at all on the nights you anchor. Fuel for a normal week is modest — most of these passages are sailed. Add the end-cleaning fee, transit log and tourist tax, and a refundable security deposit held against the boat.

## A sample week

**Saturday** — Board in the afternoon, provision, and take the short hop across to Šešula or Maslinica on Šolta. Two hours, first swim, early night.

**Sunday** — Maslinica to Komiža on Vis, roughly 28nm on the maestral. The most open water of the week and the best sail.

**Monday** — Early run to Biševo for the sea cave before the tripper boats, then round to Vis town for the night.

**Tuesday** — Vis to the Pakleni islands, about 18nm. Lines ashore at Palmižana or a buoy, dinner in Hvar town by tender.

**Wednesday** — South to Šćedro for a quiet lunch stop, then across to Milna on Brač, or Bol if the wind sits in the west.

**Thursday** — Brač to Krknjaši off Drvenik Veli, 12nm. Anchor over sand, stay the night after the day boats leave.

**Friday** — Short leg back towards base with time for a final swim, then a night in Trogir. Walk the old town, eat off the riva.

**Saturday** — Disembark in the morning, airport 15 minutes away.

## Getting there

Split airport sits at Kaštela, about 5km from Trogir — 10-15 minutes by taxi, and one of the shortest airport-to-boat transfers in the Mediterranean. Public buses run between the airport, Trogir and Split throughout the day. From Split, the town is 30-40 minutes by road or a seasonal fast boat.

Croatia is in Schengen and uses the euro, so there is no border formality for most European arrivals and no currency to change. Bareboat crews need a competency certificate recognised in Croatia and a VHF operator's certificate held by someone aboard.

Book the night before your charter in Trogir rather than Split. It is quieter, closer, and a better first look at Dalmatia than an airport hotel. Message us on WhatsApp for dates, boats and a quote.

A crewed charter is the full sailing holiday with none of the workload: a professional skipper (and on larger yachts a hostess and chef) handles the sailing, the cooking and the logistics while you relax.

It suits families, groups and anyone who wants to wake up in a new bay each morning without lifting a winch — multi-day, sleeping aboard, the itinerary shaped around you.