| ARTATURI (44° 34'N;
14° 24.6'E), cove N of the entrance to the bay of Mali
Losinj.
Mooring: The cove is exposed to N winds. Smaller yachts
can moor on the W coast of the cove (four-point moor) or
anchor at the head of the cove; larger yachts can anchor
in the middle of the cove in 17 m.
LISKI (44° 35.8'N; 14° 23'E), cove on the W coast
of Losinj, some 5 M north of the entrance to the bay of
Mali Losinj, E of the point of the same name.
Approach: The house with a small tower can be easily identified.
Approaching from S, a wide berth should be given to Karbarus
rock (shoal).
Mooring: The cove is protected from S winds but open to
the bora. The anchorage is at the head of the cove (depths
36 m); good holding. Yachts can moor on the W pier and the
bollard off the small harbour.
ISLAND OF UNIJE
UNIJE (44° 38'N; 14° 15'E), village (pop. 81 in
1991) and small harbour on the W coast of the island of
Unije.
Approach: Shape course for the belfry and chapel on the
hill SE of the village and the red round tower with a column
and gallery (red light) on the head of the breakwater.
By night approach in the red sector of the light on the
breakwa- ter. Skoljic rock is in the red sector of the light
on Vnetak point (a round stone tower above the attendant's
house).
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from the sirocco but exposed
to SW and NW winds, which send in a big swell. Larger yachts
can anchor SE of Skoljic rock, some 500m from the coast
(depth 2025 m); good holding. Yachts drawing up to 3m can
moor on the inner side of the breakwater, which is also
used by passenger ships.
After the first heralds of W and NW winds leave the cove
and go to Podkujna or Vognisca cove on the N coast of the
island.
Facilities: Post office, medical service, several restaurants
and a shop. Limited provisions and water.
Coastal passenger lines: Mali Losinj Srakane Vele Unije
Ilovik Susak Mali Losinj; Rijeka Mali Losinj (see also Mali
Losinj and Rijeka).
VRULJE (44° 37'N; 44° 15'E), cove on the E coast
of the island. It is well protected from the bora; small
yachts anchor along the coast E from the Vnetak point.
MARACOL (44° 38,6'N; 14° 15,4'E), cove on the E
side of the island of Unije.
Mooring: It is well protected from all winds, except the
sirocco. Small yachts can moor at the head of the pier or
in four-point berths (there are bollards on the mole). Anchorage
lies SE from the pier (depth 79 m).
ISLAND OF SUSAK
DRAGOCA (44° 31'N; 14° 18'E), cove in the NE part
of the island, the small harbour of the village of Susak
(pop. 188 in 1991).
Approach: Landmarks: the Susak lighthouse, the belfry in
the vil- lage, the factory chimney in the W part of the
cove and the round green tower with a column and gallery
(green light) on the break- water. Dragoca is accessible
only to smaller yachts (depth 2.5 m). When entering the
harbour keep to the middle of the fairway, between the light
on the head of the breakwater and the red round buoy marking
the E edge of the remains of the old breakwater.
Mooring: The cove is protected from S and W wind; NE wind
causes an unpleasant sea, while SE wind whips up a strong
chop. Moor on both sides of the pier or along the masonry
breakwater. With NE wind and the sirocco leave the moor
at the head of the breakwa- ter. Four-point anchoring in
the SW part of the cove only offers full safety.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
shop and medical service. Limited provisions and water (drinking
water should be boiled). Fuel and other shopping in Mali
Losinj.
Coastal passenger lines: see Mali Losinj and Rijeka.
Sights: Sv Nikola biskup church (St Nicholas the Bishop,
1770), next to it the ruins of the Benedictine monastery
(11 C).
The island is interesting from the ethnographic point of
view. The islanders live in isolation (endogamy) and their
dialect, customs and costume differ from those found on
the neighbouring islands.
PORAT (44° 31'N; 14° 17'E), cove on the NW coast
of Susak.
Mooring: The cove is sheltered from the bora; it is exposed
to SW and NW winds and a longer stay is not advisable even
in the sum- mer (maestral).
Larger yachts can anchor some 300m off the W coast of the
island (depth 3040 m), in line with the lighthouse (elevation
100 m, white flashes, visibility 23 M) on Mt Garba, bearing
210°.
ISLAND OF ILOVIK
ILOVIK (44° 28'N; 14° 33'E), village (pop. 145 in
1991) and small harbour on the NW coast of the island of
Ilovik. The middle fair- way between the islands of Ilovik
and Sv Petar (bearing NWSE) is navigable for yachts drawing
up to 6 m.
Approach: Landmarks: shape course for the white tower with
a column and gallery (white light) on the islet of Sv Petar
and the belfry of the church in Ilovik.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from all winds; a strong
sirocco sends in an unpleasant sea. The best anchorage for
smaller yachts is in the middle of the fairway, S of the
small church on Sv Petar (depths 710 m), stern-to NE; several
bollards. Moor along the head of the pier (60m long, depth
3.5 m) off the village; smaller yachts can moor along the
pier in the E part of the harbour.
Facilities: Post office. Limited provisions and water.
Coastal passenger lines: IlovikPremudaSilbaOlibZadar, IlovikMali
Losinj (see also Mali Losinj and Zadar).
Sights: The ruins of a large prehistoric fortification at
Straza. On the islet of Sv Petar are the ruins of a Roman
villa rustica and of the walls of the Benedictine monastery
St Petrus in Nembis (11 C); also a defence tower, built
in 1597 against the Uskoks.
ISLAND OF KRK
SOLINE (45° 09'N; 14° 38'E), bay on the NE coast
of the island; the largest village and harbour is Klimno
(pop. 100 in 1991), situated on the S coast of the bay.
The bay is sheltered from all winds and affords a safe anchorage
for smaller yachts.
Approach: Landmarks: the stone tower with a red top (red
light) on Glavati point; the round red tower with a column
(red light) above the white base on Crni rock (some 0.3
M off the harbour), and the red column (red light) on the
head of the breakwater of the harbour of Klimno. When entering
the bay keep as near as the SE coast to avoid Solinji reef.
Care must also be taken of Crni rock (light), V. Skoljic
rock and of the shoal (1.8 m) E of this rock.
Mooring: Yachts drawing up to 2m can moor on the inner side
of the breakwater of the harbour of Klimno or along the
mole of the village of Cizici on the W side. The NE part
of the bay affords good anchorage in 56 m and W of the harbour
of Klimno (the anchorage of the Punat marina). The cove
and the harbour of Klimno are well protected from all winds.
Facilities: Provisions in a local shop, limited water. Repairs
and dockage over the winter at the local yachtyard and at
Punat marina (its own facilities).
There is an oyster farm in the bay.
STIPANJA (45° 09'N; 14° 40'E), cove and anchorage
on the E coast of Krk. The small harbour and village of
Silo (pop. 346 in 1991) is situated at the head of the cove.
Approach: The white octagonal tower (white light) at the
root of Silo point and the green tower with a column and
gallery (green light) at the head of the breakwater in the
small harbour of Silo are conspicuous. Entering the cove
take care of the shoal off Silo point; when mooring take
care of the protruding underwater part of the breakwater.
Mooring: The cove is well sheltered from all winds. Smaller
yachts can moor along the inner side of the breakwater of
the harbour of Silo (depth 2.5 m) or along the quay (four-point
moor); a part of the breakwater is reserved for car-ferries.
There is a good anchorage S of the light on Silo point and
in front of the small harbour of Silo; care must be taken
of the underwater cable.
Facilities: In the harbour of Silo: harbour master's branch
office, post office, tourist office (accommodation in private
houses), shops and restaurants. Provisions in a local shop;
fuel in Crikvenica.
Repairs on smaller yachts and yachts and marine engines,
off- season dockage and maintenance services.
Sights: Dobrinj with the church of Sv Stjepan Prvomucenik
(St Stephen the Martyr, built in 1100, renovated in 1903,
the embroidered antependium depicting the Coronation of
the Virgin, 15 C) and the Ethnographic Museum 5 km by road.
VRBNIK (45° 05'N; 14° 41'E), village (pop. 950 in
1991) and small harbour on the E coast of Krk in Vinodolski
kanal.
Approach: The houses and the church belfry on the hill (49
m) and the red tower with a column and gallery (red light)
on the head of the breakwater can be identified.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from all winds, but the
entrance to the harbour is exposed to the bora, which makes
approach difficult and dangerous with the bora blowing.
Smaller yachts can moor on the inner side of the breakwater
(depth 2 m) and along the head of the mole (depths up to
4 m). The inner part of the harbour is occupied by fishing
yachts.
Facilities: Post office, shops, hotel, medical service.
Provi- sions and other shopping in local shops; mains water
supply.
Sights: The remnants of the medieval town wall with towers,
Uznesenje Marijino church (the Assumption, 15/16 C, renovated
in 1966), Sv Ivan church (St John, 15 C, at cemetery), Dinko
Vitezic's Library (15,000 volumes, illuminated manuscripts,
incunabulae).
BASKA (44° 58'N; 14° 46'E), village (pop. 816 in
1991), tourist resort and small harbour in the N part of
Bascanska draga.
Approach: Landmarks: the coast lights in Senjska vrata:
the white tower with a gallery (white light) in front of
the house on Strazica point (Prvic Island); the red tower
(red light) on Skuljica point (Krk Island); the ruins on
Kricin point (E of the harbour); the belfry in the town;
the quadrangular tower with a green top (green light) on
the head of the breakwater; the red tower with a column
and gallery (red light) on the head of the pier.
Mooring: Smaller yachts can moor along the waterfront; the
root of the breakwater is reserved for passenger ships and
a car- ferry. Larger yachts can anchor some 400m off the
breakwater bearing SW (depths 2030 m); good holding. The
inner harbour (depths 1.53 m) is sheltered from all winds;
the anchorage is exposed to the bora and SE winds and is
not recommended for a longer stay.
NE of Baska there are Vela luka and Mala luka coves, and
SE there is Bracol cove. In Vela luka there is a landing
ground (30 m long, 2 m deep); it is well protected from
the sirocco and from the bora; during the stormy bora it
is recommended to use a four-point moor along the E coast.
In Mala luka there is a natural coast, but it is a safe
shelter from all winds. In Bracol cove there is a landing
ground for small yachts; it is well pro- tected from all
winds.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
several shops, hotels, restaurants, travel agency, bank,
camp site, medi- cal service, chemist's. Skrpina Fishing
Club and Vihor Sailing Club.
Water from a hydrant, provisions in the village. The harbour
has two small slipways and a crane (0.8 t).
Car-ferry line: BaskaSenj and BaskaLopar (Island of Rab).
Sights: Remains and excavations of the Roman settlement
and for- tifications; the churches of Sv Ivan (St John,
early Romanesque), Sv Trojica (Holy Trinity, 1723), and
Sv Marko (St Mark, Romanesque); Town Museum (ethnographic
and maritime collections). Jurandvor: a former Benedictine
monastery with Sv Lucija church (St Lucia), about 1100,
the original site of the Bascanska ploca, the oldest Glagolitic
inscription (on a stone tablet, dating back to ca. 1100)
2 km by road. Further on there is Bascanska draga village
and a pheasant farm 4.5 km by road.
Baska is the venue of two traditional events taking place
in August: Fishermen's Day (Dan ribara) and the Traditional
Baska Wedding (Bascanski starinski pir).
STARA BASKA (44 57,5'N; 14 41E), cove and small harbour
on the SW coast of the island of Krk.
Approach: Landmarks: the village and a church.
Mooring: At the head of a small landing ground (depth 2.53.7
m); four-point moor, anchoring towards NE and with a stern
at the pier or the mainland. Good anchorage at the Klobucac
point (not safe during SW and W winds). The cove is a good
shelter from the bora; the harbour is protected from the
sirocco.
PUNAT (45° 01'N; 14° 37'E), town (pop. 1,696 in
1991) and harbour in the large but shallow cove of Puntarska
draga in the NE part of the Krk Bay. A popular seaside resort.
Approach: Landmarks: the white tower with a column and gallery
(white light) in front of the small chapel at the E entrance
point of Pod Strazicu; three round green towers (green lights)
on concrete bases in the sea and three conical stone marks;
the green tower with a column and gallery (green light)
on the mole.
When entering, pass between the conical stone marks and
the green lights, leaving the lights to the starboard (E)
at least 10 m. When entering by day, turn to the harbour
of Punat after passing the N green mark (light) by about
70 m, and by night when you see the green harbour light
on the mole. Maximum speed 4 knots.
Mooring: The harbour is well sheltered from all winds. Smaller
yachts can moor along the quay in the harbour or anchor
off the town and N of the islet of Kosljun (a safe anchorage
in stormy winds from NW); care should be taken of an underwater
cable.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
several hotels and restaurants, camp site, shops and medical
service, chemist's. Good shopping for provisions; water
from the hydrant on the quay. Arbun Fishing Club and Vihor
Sailing Club.
Repairs carried out in the Punat Yachtyard and in the marina.
Sights: Sv Trojica church (Holy Trinity, 1773, renovated
in 1934). The old olive mill (stari tos, 18 C). The islet
of Kosljun: the Franciscan monastery (formerly an early
Romanesque Benedictine monastery, the cloister, defense
tower, St Bernardine's chapel); Navjestenje Marijino church
(Annunciation, 1523, fine collection of sacral art); a collection
of stone monu- ments, ethnographic collection and old library
with rare items.
PUNAT MARINA is situated on the E coast of Puntarska draga
cove, N of the town of Punat, adjoining the Punat yachtyard.
Capacity: 800 moorings for yachts up to 25m are laid out
along the quay and the 11 jetties (four-point moor, depth
3.5 m); there are dry-berths for 300 yachts.
The marina is open the year round.
It has reception office, money-exchange, self-service shop,
shop and duty-free shop, ship chandler's shop, snack-bar,
two restau- rants and an inn; skipper's club (restaurant,
yacht club, medical service, sailing school); a parking
lot for 500 cars. The chemist's is in the town; toilets
and showers with hot water.
Tourist office is 200 m away. Custom-house is at the airport
(30 km). A camp site for motorists is nearby; nudist camp
(5 km). Fuel available in Krk.
Sport and recreation: fishing and underwater fishing outside
Pun- tarska draga; tennis court, miniature golf. Yacht rental
(charter fleet): yachts of various types up to 5 m in length,
yachts (sail- ing yachts and motor yachts) up to 20 m in
length.
Hoists (5 and 10 t), slipway (for yachts up to 30 and 50
tons), several travel-lifts; services (security, cleaning,
etc.) pro- vided; yacht services; hull repairs (wood, plastic,
metal); regu- lar hull inspection; repair, maintenance and
installation of marine engines (VOLVO, JOHNSON, MERCURY,
YANMAR, CUMMINS), electrical installations and battery charging;
special varnishing shop.
KRK (45° 10.6'N; 14° 34.5'E), town (pop. 3,022 in
1991) and har- bour in the NW part of Krcki zaljev (Krk
Bay).
Approach: Landmarks: the church with the belfry surmounted
by a statue; the quadrangular red brick tower (red light)
on the head of the breakwater; the round white tower with
a column (green light) on the head of the E breakwater.
Mooring: The harbour is open to the sirocco and partly protected
from the bora (EENE); it offers very good shelter in all
other winds. The safest mooring during the sirocco (waves
splash over the breakwater) for larger yachts is on the
inner side of the E mole (depth 3.54.0 m), which is otherwise
reserved for ships of the coastal passengers lines, and
for smaller yachts deeper in the harbour. The best mooring
during the bora is along the quay between the two moles
(four-point moor). The breakwater is not accessible because
of shoals and scattered stones.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
medical service, chemist's, museum, travel agency, several
hotels, camp site, shops, shipyard. Lovrata Fishing Club
and Plav Sailing and Rowing Club.
Water from the hydrant at the entrance mole; fuel in the
harbour at the small mole and in the W part of the harbour.
The Riba shipyard carries out general repairs including
diesel engine repairs; hauling-out service.
Car-ferry lines: ValbiskaMerag; BaskaLopar (Island of Rab).
Sights: Uznesenje Marijino Cathedral (The Assumption of
Our Lady, 12 C, built on the site of the Roman thermae /1
C/ which was suc- ceeded by an early Christian basilica
/5/6 C/; an art collection with items ranging from Classical
times to the Baroque; Gothic chapel of the Frankopan family),
the Bishop's Palace with an art collection, the two-storey
basilica of Sv Kirin (St Quirinus, Romanesque, fragments
of wall paintings), the churches of Gospa od Zdravlja (Our
Lady of Salvation, Early Romanesque, 12 C), and Sv Franjo
(St Francis, 1290); the Canon's House (11 C); Kotter House
with Romanesque windows, well-preserved town walls (from
11 C onwards) with Kamplin Tower (1191), fort, bastions
(15/16 C) and a round tower; Roman cemetery.
VALBISKA (45° 01'N; 14° 30'E), cove on the NW coast
of Krk Island, 3.4 M west of the harbour of Krk. The hillsides
precipi- tate steeply into the bay.
Approach: Landmarks: the white tower with a column and gallery
(green light) on Sv Mikula point, the surfaced road at the
root of the cove and the red tower with a column and gallery
(red light) on the head of the ferry pier.
Mooring: The cove is exposed to SW winds but is sheltered
from NE and SE winds. The bora is violent and blows in gusts.
Car-ferry line: ValbiskaMerag (island of Cres).
TORKUL (45° 02.6'N; 14° 28.2'E), cove in Srednja
vrata on the SW coast of Krk, some 2.5 M southeast of the
coast light on Manganel point.
Approach: Landmark: the ruins of the tall narrow building
at the N entrance point.
Mooring: The cove is sheltered form all winds and affords
a good berth to yachts drawing up to 1.3 m. With the bora
blowing, go stern-to the waterfront, bows-to NE.
On the E coast of the cove is the house of the Lubin Fishing
Club of Rijeka.
CAVLENA (45° 06'N; 14° 28'E), cove 4 M south of
Malinska at the entrance to Srednja vrata straits, sheltered
from the bora and easterlies. The anchorage is safe for
yachts of all sizes in depth of up to 40 m. Smaller yachts
can anchor off the E coast.
MALINSKA (45° 08'N; 14° 32'E), village (pop. 999
in 1991) and seaside resort on the W coast of Krk.
Approach: Landmarks: the green spar surmounted by a cone
marking the shoal on the SW side of the entrance should
be left to star- board; the red tower with a column and
gallery (red light) on the head of the mole; the white tower
with a column and gallery (red light) in front of the Haludovo
hotel complex.
Mooring: The harbour is exposed to NW winds, which cause
a swell in it; in the summer they are usually shortlasting
storms. Smaller yachts can moor on both sides of the pier
and along the mole in the S part of the harbour and the
quay E of the pier (depth 2 m). About 300m NW of the pier
is a 100m long breakwater under construction. The end of
the breakwater is marked by a red buoy. The best anchorage
is about 0.5 M west-southwest of the harbour (depths 2545
m).
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
several hotels and restaurants, shops, tourist office, medical
service, chemist's. Lastavica Fishing Club and Dub Sailing
Club.
Water from the hydrant on the E waterfront; fuel in the
harbour.
In the immediate vicinity of the harbour is the Haludovo
hotel complex with a small harbour for smaller yachts (a
hoist and slipways). It is used mainly by hotel guests.
There is a slipway and a hoist for smaller yachts. The yachtyard
makes and repairs the wood panelling on smaller yachts and
speed- yachts.
Sights in the neighbouring villages. Porat the Franciscan
monastery (15 C) with Sv Marija Magdalena church. Dubasnica
the belfry of a dilapidated church (1618). Bogovici the
chapel of Majka Bozja Karmelska (Our Lady of Carmel, 1644).
Zgombici Sv Andrija church (St Andrew, 15 C). Strilcici
the ruins of Sv Nikola church (St Nicholas, Gothic).
BELI KAMIK (45° 10'N; 14° 32'E), anchorage some
3 M north of Malinska; the village of Njivice (pop. 1,169
in 1991).
Approach: Shape course for the green round tower with a
column and gallery (green light) on the head of the pier
in Njivice and the hotel buildings there.
Mooring: The anchorage is sheltered from the bora and the
sirocco, but is open to SW and NW winds. Larger yachts can
anchor N and W of Njivice in 3040 m. With the bora and the
sirocco blow- ing, a safe anchorage for smaller yachts is
in the harbour of Kijac, S of Beli Kamik anchorage; in fine
weather yachts can moor along the inner side of the breakwater
in Njivice.
Facilities: Post office, hotels and other facilities in
Njivice.
Provisions in local shops; water from the hydrant on the
water- front.
OMISALJ (45° 13'N; 14° 33'E), town (pop. 1,554 in
1991) and small harbour on the N coast of Krk Island, in
the bay of Omisalj.
Warning: On the W coast of the bay is the oil unloading
terminal; yachts are not allowed to come nearer than 500
m to the coast. The sea area around Sapan cove is the industrial
zone of the har- bour of the INA petroleum company.
Approach: From W landmarks: the large white oil containers
on Tenka peninsula; some 1.5 M northwest of Kijac point
is the light buoy with red and white stripes (white light);
the round red tower (red light) on Kijac point; several
light buoys mark the fairway for tankers and a landing-light
in Omisalj marks the approach course 151°; the white
tower with the column and gallery (red light) on the head
of the pier; the hotel near the pier and the water-supply
tower.
Mooring: Only smaller yachts (draught up to 3 m) can moor
along the pier in the harbour and the moles in the small
harbour SE of the pier. In front of the Jadran hotel there
is a pier (50 m, depth 3.5 m).
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
medical service, shops. Zubatac Fishing Club and Juna Sailing
Club.
Provisions, water from the main. Fuel at the pump some 2
km from the waterfront.
Off-season dockage f
Facilities: Minor repairs to wooden yachts and speedyachts
can be undertaken. Crane (5 t).
Omisalj is the venue of the Stomarina Festival (August 15),
the day of all seagoing yachts.
Sights: The town has a Gothic street lay-out. The churches
of Marijino Uznesenje (Assumption of Our Lady, built before
1405, later additions, three-nave Romanesque basilica),
Sv Jelena (St Helena, 1470), Sv Antun (St Anthony, Romanesque)
and Sv Ivan (St John, 1442); the ruins of the Rector's palace
(14/15 C), the Log- gia (1470), Pancirov House (Gothic).
In Sepen cove the ruins of Fulfinium (Roman, 13 C) with
a basilica (6 C).
ISLAND OF RAB
RAB (44° 45'N; 14° 46'E), town and harbour (pop.
592 in 1991) on the island of the same name.
Approach: Landmarks: the town walls and four belfries; the
round green tower with a gallery (green light) on a concrete
base on Frkanj shoal; the quadrangular stone tower with
a red top (red light) on Frkanj point; the round red tower
on Sv Ante point (red light) and the multi-storey tower
with a green topmark on the islet of Tunera (green light);
the white tower with a column and gallery (white light)
on Donji point (the islet of Dolin).
Warning: Off the entrance to the outer part of the harbour
are two shoals: Vela sika (3.8 m) and Frkanj. Do not exceed
3 knots when entering or leaving the harbour.
Mooring: The inner harbour is sheltered from all winds except
the south-easterlies. The sirocco causes a strong swell
in the har- bour with waves flooding part of the W waterfront.
It is there- fore recommended for yachts to go to the Rab
marina. The best anchorage for larger yachts is in the nearby
Sveta Fumija cove (depth 428 m) and NW of Tunera islet at
the entrance to the har- bour.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
several hotels and restaurants, various shops, medical service
and chemist's. There is a naturist hotel complex on Frkanj
peninsula. Kanjac Fishing Club.
Provisions are available in shops. Water from a hydrant,
fuel from the pump in the Rab marina.
Several yachtyards at Banjol make and repair yachts, speedyachts
and small wooden and plastic yachts. The mechanics at Banjol
carry out repairs of outboard engines (JOHNSON, CHRYSLER,
EVINRUDE, VOLVOPENTA, SAAB).
Car-ferry lines: LoparBaska (Island of Krk) and MisnjakJablanac
(mainland).
Sights: The town wall (12/13 C, later reinforced, pulled
down in part at the beginning of 20 C), with the Town Tower;
Rector's Palace (13 C, later reconstructions), the Loggia
(1509), Sv Marija Velika cathedral (St Mary the Great, 1177,
renovated in 1278 and 1483, ciborium about 1500, choir stalls
1455, with the parish art collection, the belfry from 1181);
the ruins of Sv Ivan church (St John, 10/11 C, with the
belfry from 12 C); the churches of Sv Andrija (St Andrew,
Romanesque, reconstructed in the Renaissance) and Sv Justina
(15731578); the residences of the families Crnota (15 C),
Cassio (Gothic), Dominis-Nimira (15/16 C), Nimira (16 C,
with a portal), Tudorin, Kukulic and Marcic- Galzigna. Komrcar
Park, landscaped at the end of 19 C, with Sv Franjo church
(St Francis, 1490). In Trg Slobode square stands the Tree
of Freedom (Stablo slobode) a natural memorial. In the NW
part of the island is Dundo Wood a nature reserve.
RAB MARINA (ACY) is situated on the E side of the inner
harbour, directly behind the breakwater, in the SE part
of the harbour. It is sheltered from all winds except the
southerlies by the break- water; SE winds cause a strong
slop (especially dangerous in the winter) and raises the
sea level by up to 1 m; it can break the securing ropes
of yachts and floating fingers.
The marina has 150 berths for yachts drawing up to 5m and
up to 15m in length; there are dry-berths only for yachts
that are being repaired or overhauled. Water and electricity
hook-ups at the berths. The marina has a meteorological
service (warning and alarm sounding, weather reports and
other relevant information).
The marina is open the year round.
It has reception office, restaurant, shop, duty-free shop,
recreation ground, toilets and showers with hot water, parking
lot, fuel and gas pump.
Hoist (5 t); slipway; repairs.
SVETA MARA (44° 47'N; 14° 40'E), cove some 0.7 M
east-southeast of Donja punta point (white coast light)
on the SW coast of Rab.
Approach: Landmarks: the small white house on the hill above
the ruins of the chapel on the E coast of the cove. The
round white tower (white light) on Donja punta point.
Mooring: The cove affords good shelter for smaller yachts
from the bora and the sirocco. Smaller yachts can anchor
in the middle of the cove, securing stern to the bollards
cut out in the rock.
KAMPORSKA DRAGA (44° 47'N; 14° 42'E), cove E of
Kalifront point on the NW coast of island of Rab.
Approach: Maman islet, which separates the cove from the
neigh- bouring Supetarska draga, can be easily identified.
Mooring: Because of the shoals fringing the NE and SW coast
of the cove and off the islet of Maman, Kamporska draga
does not afford good anchorage. It is exposed to the north-westerlies
which cause a considerable sea; the bora and the sirocco
are strong but do not create a sea. Smaller yachts can anchor
S of Kastelina point securing stern to the bollards on the
coast.
Facilities: Supermarket in the W part of the village of
Ruzici (pop. 1,102 in 1981).
Sights: Sv Eufemija church (1237) with the Franciscan monastery
(1446, library, historical collection, collection of stone
monu- ments) and Sv Bernardin church (1458, later reconstructed
in the Baroque style). Nearby the ruins there is a Roman
villa rustica. Memorial cemetery, built in 195055 on the
site of a former Nazi concentration camp (194243).
SUPETARSKA DRAGA (44° 48.5'N; 14° 42.5'E), town
(pop. 1,114 in 1991), cove and marina in the NW part of
Rab, some 2.5 M southeast of Sorinj point.
Approach: Care should be taken of the reef some 50m N of
the islet of Sridnjak, SW of the entrance to the cove. The
reef is visible only at low tide and a choppy sea; it is
marked by a con- crete column.
Mooring: The cove is exposed to N and NW winds, the bora
and the sirocco are violent in it but do not cause a sea
and are not dangerous for yachts lying at anchor. The best
anchorage for smaller yachts (sheltered from NW winds) is
in the middle of Dumici cove (S of the islet of Sajlovac).
Larger yachts can anchor in the middle of Supetarska draga
(depths 2128 m).
Sights: The disused Benedictine monastery of St Peter, esta-
blished in 1059, abandoned in 16 C. Sv Petar church dating
from the foundation period.
SUPETARSKA DRAGA MARINA (ACY Grassetto) is situated on the
NE coast of the cove of the same name.
The following landmarks are conspicuous: the white towers
(white light) on Kalifront point and Kristofor point; the
red tower with a column and gallery (red light) on the head
of the breakwater in the marina; the low buildings of the
workshops and the main office of the marina. The marina
is situated at the edge of a wood and olive groves.
It is protected from NW winds by a 160m long breakwater.
Capacity: 280 berths along the breakwater and the floating
fingers for yachts up to 15m long. There are 150 dry-berths.
Water, electricity and telephone hook-ups at the berths.
The shallow water along the waterfront, built at an incline
from piled up rocks, increases rapidly in depth to 1025m
in the middle of the cove.
The marina is open the year round.
The meteorological service in the marina provides regular
weather reports (bulletins and information).
It has reception office, restaurant (tavern), shop, duty-free
shop, toilets and showers with hot water; laundry; car park;
ren- tal of sports equipment; water, electricity and telephone
hook- ups. Ample opportunity for water sports.
Fuel at the pump in the Rab marina. Other shopping in the
shops in the marina and in the town of Rab.
Hoist (10 t) and a slipway; general repairs. Major repairs
in Punat shipyard (Island of Krk).
LOPAR (44° 50'N; 15° 43'E), town (pop. 1,215 in
1991) and small bay on the N coast of the island of Rab.
Approach: Shape course for the white tower (white light)
on Sorinj point; the belfry of Sv Marija church on the hill
above the town; the yellow building next to the pier; the
green tower with a column and gallery (green light) on the
head of the pier.
Care should be taken of the shoals of Pregiba and Vela sika
(cylindrical yellow-black-yellow buoy, 2 cones point to
point) in the N part of the bay, W of Stojan point.
The bay is open to NW winds, which cause a sea. The bora
and the sirocco are strong.
Mooring: Smaller yachts moor at the head and the S side
of the pier in front of the hotel (alongside them or by
using the four- point moor); the N and outer sides of the
pier are reserved for the ferry. The anchorage for smaller
yachts, safe only with the bora, is in Makucina cove in
the SW part of Loparski zaljev (Bay of Lopar).
In the San Marino tourist village on the NE side of Lopar
there is a small harbour for yachts up to 10 m.
Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions
and water (from cisterns) available.
Car-ferry line: LoparSenj and LoparBaska.
Sights: Ruins of walls dating back to the ancient times.
ISLAND OF PAG
STARA NOVALJA (44° 36'N; 14° 52'E), village (pop.
234 in 1991) in the small bay of the same name on the NE
coast of the island of Pag.
Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular white tower on a base
(white light) on the N entrance of Deda point, the hill
of Veli vrh (131 m) opposite Deda point and the buildings
on the NE coast of the bay.
Mooring: The bay is sheltered from the bora and the sirocco.
The sea in it is not dangerous. Yachts drawing up to 3.5m
can moor on the end side of the L-shaped mole just off the
village. The best anchorage for larger yachts is S of Drljanda
cove, NW of Stara Novalja (depth 2738 m). A good anchorage
for smaller yachts is in the NW part of Drljanda cove, E
of the entrance to the cove. It is a good shelter from the
bora and the sirocco. With the bora blowing, anchor bows-to
SW and secure to the coast bearing NE. The mole in Drljanda
cove is reserved for the car- ferry.
Car-ferry line: Stara Novalja (only during the storm) Prizna
(mainland).
Sights: Ruins of walls dating from ancient times, a necropolis
dating from the late Roman period, ruins of the Pre-Romanesque
church of Sv Kriz (Holy Cross).
PAG (44° 27'N; 15° 03'E), town (pop. 2,421 in 1991)
and harbour on the SE coast of Paski zaljev (Bay of Pag).
Paski zaljev is entered through Paska vrata passage (between
Kristofor and Sv Nikola points). There are several coves
in the bay: Slana, Rucica, Metajna, Caska and the harbour
of Pag.
The bora in the bay is strong and most frequent in Paska
vrata passage and Slana cove; in the NW part of the bay
it blows from the E and in SE part from the N. With a strong
bora blowing, spindrift and a turbulent sea make it difficult
to enter the bay. With the sirocco blowing the sea sometimes
floods the coast around the salt-works. Currents caused
by the tides attain a rate of 4 knots; their direction is
changeable.
Approach: Landmarks: the white tower (white light) on Kristofor
point; the red tower (red light) on Sv Nikola point. In
the bay: the green tower with a column and gallery (green
light) on Zaglav point; the belfry of the church in the
town, the large salt storehouse at the head of the harbour
and the hotel buildings on the SW coast, the red tower with
a column and gallery (red light) on the head of the mole
reserved for the car- ferry, the red tower with a column
and gallery (red light) on the head of the S pier.
The harbour is entered through a 50m wide and 4.5m deep
fairway. The axis of the fairway is indicated by the two
iron structures (one front, the other back) of the former
harbour light with a black triangle with a white vertical
line on the top of the each structure. The starboard side
of the fairway is marked by two conical green buoys and,
further toward the bridge, by two green spars surmounted
by a cone. The port side of the entrance is marked by the
round red tower with a column (red light) on the head of
the ferry pier and the red tower with a column and gal-
lery (red light) on the head of the S pier. When entering,
leave the red light on the ferry pier to port, giving it
an offing of 1520 m, and shape course for the light on the
head of the S pier. Care should be taken of the current
caused by the changing tide (up to 4 knots).
Mooring: The harbour is protected from all winds except
the westerlies, which blow infrequently. Yachts drawing
up to 3.5m can moor (four-point moor) on the inner end of
the small N mole in the inner harbour or along the quay
next to the bridge. The best anchorage for larger yachts
is off the E coast, some 1.5 M south of the ruins of the
chapel of Sv Nikola (depths 2448 m). In fine weather smaller
yachts can anchor off the ruins of the chapel of Sv Katarina.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
several hotels and restaurants, medical and veterinary service,
bank, chemist's. Orada Fishing Club.
Good shopping for provisions. Water from the hydrant on
the waterfront. Fuel at the petrol station in Pag.
Hoist (1 t) and a slipway in the harbour.
The local dairy makes the excellent Pag sheep-milk cheese
(paski sir); the well-known Zutica wine is also made locally.
The Basaca camp organizes a traditional summer carnival
(July 2629). The Lokunja thermal spa (radio-active mud used
in treating rheumatic diseases) is situated on the SW coast
of the bay, opposite the town.
Car-ferry lines: ZigljenPrizna (mainland) and PagKarlobag
(main- land).
Sights: The development of the town began in 1433 and was
planned by the builder and sculptor Juraj Dalmatinac. Parts
of the town wall with the clock tower (after 1433), the
Rector's Palace (1467, unfinished), Uzasasce Marijino cathedral
(Assumption of Our Lady, 1443-88), the churches of Sv Juraj
(St George, Renais- sance) and Sv Margareta (second half
of 15 C). Stari Grad (the centre of the island before the
development of the present-day town; 14 C church, next to
it the ruins of the Franciscan monastery) 3 km SE. Climb
to the summits of Sv Vid (348 m) and Sv Juraj (263 m) panoramic
view of the area.
Pag has an eight-century-old tradition of lace-making; the
lace- making school was established in 1906.
CASKA (44° 33'N; 14° 56'E), cove and village in
the NW part of Paski zaljev (Bay of Pag). A very good anchorage
sheltered from the bora. The best anchorage for larger yachts
is in Zrce cove, some 0.5 M southeast of the village of
Caska (depth 17 m). Smaller yachts can anchor closer to
the innermost part of the cove, off the village.
Facilities: Limited provisions.
Sights: On the site of the Roman military camp Cissa: remnants
of buildings, of a road and aqueduct, the ruins of the acropolis;
Sv Juraj church (St George, early medieval).
METAJNA (44° 31'N; 15° 05'E), village (pop. 272
in 1991) and cove in Paski zaljev (Bay of Pag).
Approach: Landmarks: Mt Zaglava (117 m), the green tower
with a column and gallery (green light) on Zaglava point,
the church with the belfry in the S part of the cove and
the ferry pier can be easily identified.
Mooring: The cove is well sheltered from the bora and the
sirocco. Good anchorage for larger yachts is some 0.5 M
west- northwest of the chapel of Sv Marija at the S edge
of the vil- lage; yachts drawing up to 2m can anchor closer
inshore.
Facilities: Limited provisions and water available.
DINJISKA (44° 22'N; 15° 10'E), village (pop. 181
in 1991) and cove on the SE coast of the island, NE of Ljubacka
vrata passage.
Mooring: The cove is a reasonable shelter from the bora;
the sirocco is strong in it. Larger yachts can anchor along
the NE coast and smaller ones in the cove (depth 13 m).
Care should be taken of the rocks on both sides of the entrance
to the cove. Yachts can also moor along the pier SE of the
village of Miskovici.
STARA POVLJANA (44° 19'N; 15° 10'E), uninhabited
cove in the SE part of the island of Pag. Sheltered from
the bora, it is open to the sirocco, which blows with great
force but without causing waves. Larger yachts can anchor
at Skamica (depth up to 36 m); smaller yachts can anchor
in Gradac cove, SE of the village of Smokvica.
NOVA POVLJANA (44° 21'N; 15° 06'E), village (pop.
678 in 1991) and cove on the SW coast of the island of Pag.
Approach: Landmarks: the red round iron tower with a column
and gallery (red light) on Dubrovnik point, the hotel complex
and the chapel of Sv Nikola on the E coast of the cove.
Mooring: The harbour is well sheltered from the most frequent
winds, the bora and sirocco, but is open to winds from the
SW and NW quadrants. Yachts drawing up to 3m can moor on
the inner side of the breakwater. With the bora and sirocco
blowing, larger yachts can anchor only in the middle of
the cove and smaller ones closer to the chapel of Sv Nikola.
Facilities: Provisions and water in the village of Povljana,
0.8 km inshore.
Sights: Sv Nikola (early medieval, fragments of frescoes)
and Sv Juraj (18 C) churches.
KOSLJUN (44° 22.8'N; 15° 05'E), village (pop. 38
in 1991) and small harbour in Kosljunski zaljev (Bay of
Kosljun), on the SW coast of the island, between Tihovac
and Zminka points.
Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular white iron tower with
the white light on Zaglav point and the white round tower
with a gal- lery (sector light) at the head of the breakwater.
Zminka and Tihovac points are fringed by shoals; by night
the green sector of the light at the root of the breakwater
indicates the safe passage.
Mooring: The bay is sheltered only from winds from the NE
qua- drant (it is therefore the auxiliary harbour of the
town of Pag in the bora); southern winds cause a heavy sea
in the harbour. Smaller yachts can moor along the head of
the breakwater (depth about 2 m), or use the four-point
moor on the rest of the break- water (depth under 1 m).
Larger yachts can anchor WSW of the ruins on the NE coast,
some 700m offshore (depth 1823 m). The harbour is not recommended
for a longer stay, especially in bad weather.
Facilities: Limited provisions and water are available.
SIMUNI (44° 28'N; 14° 57'E), village and small bay
on the W coast of the island of Pag in Maunski kanal.
Approach: Conspicuous landmark is the round white tower
(green light) on Simuni point. On the port side of the bay
there are submerged rocks and Simuni shoal (depth 1.3 m)
and while entering the bay steer clear of the points on
the left side of the bay.
Mooring: The bay is well sheltered from all winds. During
the bora, small yachts can anchor in the SE part (depth
up to 1.5 m); good anchorage. Yachts drawing up to 2 m can
moor (four-point) along the mole in the NE part.
Limited provisions and water.
SIMUNI MARINA is located in the cove on the NW side of the
Simuni bay (Maunski kanal), W part of the island.
The marina has 150 sea-berths and area for 30 yachts (dry-
berths); water, electricity, telephone and satellite TV
hook-ups. Slipway (for yachts up to 8 m long); crane (15
t).
It has reception office, duty-free shop, restaurant, laundry,
toilets and grocer's shop (groceries can be delivered on
the yacht if ordered so).
The marina is open the year round.
MANDRE (44° 29'N; 14° 55'E), village (pop. 160 in
1991) and cove on the W coast of the island of Pag in Maunski
kanal.
A good shelter for smaller yachts, which can moor off the
mole in front of the hotel. The harbour is sheltered from
all winds, except those from the SW quadrant. The depth
in the harbour is up to 2 m.
Facilities: Provisions at a shop; water from the main.
NOVALJA (44° 33'N; 14° 53'E), town (pop. 1,912 in
1991) and har- bour in the small bay of the same name on
the NW coast of the island of Pag.
Approach: Landmarks: the belfry and the tall white pole
of the HPT relay; the red tower with the column and gallery
(sector light) on the S end of the pier. When entering the
harbour by night, steer for the green sector of the harbour
light on the S end of the mole, which indicates the passage
safe from the shal- low reefs.
Mooring: The bay is sheltered from winds from the NE and
SE qua- drants; winds from the SW and NW quadrants are very
strong.
Yachts drawing up to 2.5m can moor on the inner side of
the breakwater and along the pier, which head is reserved
for passenger ships; smaller yachts can moor between the
pier and the breakwater (four-point moor). A good anchorage
for medium- sized yachts is in the middle of the harbour
(depths 58 m).
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
medical service, a bank, camp site, several hotels and a
restaurant.
Shopping for provisions in local shops, water from the hydrant
on the waterfront, fuel at the petrol station on the waterfront.
Minor repairs can be undertaken; there are hauling-out facilities
for smaller yachts. Engine repairs can also be carried out.
Sights: The ruins of a Roman castrum, a 1 km long tunnel
of an underground aqueduct (1 C), fragments of columns;
near the town is a site with Illyrian graves, early Christian
sarcophagi, the ruins of an early Christian basilica (5
C).
TOVARNELE (44° 41.5'N; 14° 44.1'E), small harbour
in the cove of the same name on the NW coast of the island
of Pag, some 0.8 M south of Lun point.
Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular white tower with a
column and gallery (white light) on the south entrance point;
NW of the cove is the dangerous Tovarnele reef, marked by
an iron spar with red and black bands on a round white base
surmounted by two black spheres; it is covered by night
by the red sector of the light in Tovarnele cove.
Mooring: The cove is sheltered from N winds. Smaller yachts
anchor in the middle of the cove (depths 23 m). Anchor bows-to
SW, securing the stern to NE. It is also possible to moor
offshore, off the restaurant (depth 3 m) or along the L-shaped
pier.
Facilities: Provisions and other shopping in the village
of Lun; water from the cistern (limited). Smaller repairs
in Rab.
Sights: Ruins of ancient walls and of the Romanesque church
of Sv Martin.
STARIGRAD (44° 17.7'N; 15° 26.4'E), village (pop.
1,159 in 1991) and small harbour on the NE coast of the
southernmost part of Velebitski kanal.
Approach: Landmarks: the round red tower with a column and
gal- lery (red light) on the head of the breakwater, the
church of Sv Juraj (St George) and the multi-storey Alan
hotel.
When approaching from SE, care should be taken of the shoals,
reefs and rocks extending some 500m offshore; the S rim
of the shoal is marked by a black and yellow buoy surmounted
by two black cones points downwards. A shallow reef bank
stretches between the buoy and the coast.
Mooring: The harbour is exposed to the bora; the sirocco
is moderate but causes waves; the westerlies blow in the
summer and are strong and dangerous. Smaller yachts can
moor on the E end of the breakwater (depth 2-4 m). In calm
weather moor along both sides of the breakwater. The anchorage
offshore is exposed to the bora and is not safe.
Warning: Mooring along the damaged E pier is prohibited.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
chemist's, medical service, a hotel, travel agency, several
shops and restaurants, camp site.
Provisions and water in the village, fuel at the petrol
station on the Adriatic highway (1km SE).
Sights: Veca kula (a tower dating probably from the time
of Turk- ish attacks in 1617 C), Sv Petar church (Pre-Romanesque,
10 C), next to it the ruins of the necropolis with 20 medieval
tomb- stones, two pre-historic cairns at the entrance to
Velika Paklen- ica. The Velika Paklenica National Park,
a karst valley stretch- ing for 10km in the S part of the
Velebit mountain range, situated between 450-metre high
hills. The cave Manita Pec, the Borisov Dom mountain lodge
(550 m), starting point for climbing the peaks of Velebit.
VINJERAC (44° 15.5'N; 15° 28'E), village (pop. 273
in 1991) and small harbour 2.6M west of the entrance to
Novsko zdrilo.
Approach: Landmarks: the red tower with a column and gallery
(sector white light) on the head of the breakwater, church
on the E entrance point.
When entering the harbour care should be taken of Stanga
shoal, some 0.5M northwest of the harbour, marked by a black
and yellow spar surmounted by two black cones points upwards.
When approach- ing by night from NW keep within the white
sector of the light on the breakwater. Approaching from
E, keep off the shallow N of the village; as soon as you
sight the red sector of the light on the breakwater, shape
course for the light. A number of shoals extend about 800m
offshore between Vinjerac and the entrance to Novsko zdrilo;
they are marked by a conical green buoy surmounted by a
radar reflector.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from all winds except
the bora, which is very strong and a longer stay in the
harbour is not recommended. Smaller yachts moor along the
inner side of the breakwater and on both sides of the pier.
With the bora and NW winds blowing, moor on the NW end of
the pier (four-point moor). When securing, take care of
the projecting underwater part of the breakwater.
Facilities: Post office, hotel, tourist office and a shop.
Lim- ited provisions and water.
Sights: The ruins of an Illyrian settlement (3/2 C B.C.),
Sv Marko church (medieval, part of an ancient Pauline monastery),
ruins of a Venetian palazzo of the Venier family hence the
name of the village.
RAZANAC (44° 17'N; 15° 21'E), village (pop. 1,039
in 1991) and small harbour, some 5M southeast of Ljubacka
vrata.
Approach: Landmarks: the ruins of the tower, the hotel,
the church and the red column on the breakwater (red light).
The low and bare islets of Razanac veli (white tower with
a column, white light), Razanac mali and Donji skolj.
When approaching from SE, care should be taken of the shoals
near the outer end of the root of the breakwater.
Mooring: The harbour is protected from all winds except
the bora, which is very strong here; a longer stay in the
harbour in the bora and the north-westerlies is not recommended.
Moor along the breakwater; with the bora blowing, use the
four-point moor secur- ing bows-to the breakwater and stern-to
the bollards on the oppo- site coast.
Facilities: Post office, medical service, hotel, camp site
and tourist office.
Provisions and other shopping in the local shop; water from
the main.
Sights: Ruins of an Illyrian fortress and tombs (3/2 C B.C.),
Gospa od Ruzarija church (Our Lady of the Rosary, 1682,
new church 1856, renovated in 1983); in the vicinity (2
km) Sv Andrija church (St Andrew, medieval); ruins of a
defense tower against Turkish attacks (near the harbour,
16 C).
NOVSKO ZDRILO (44° 15'N; 15° 31'E), passage connecting
Novigrad- sko more with Velebitski kanal, 2M long, 0.15M
wide. The channel is spanned by a bridge (NW of Zdrijac
point; destroyed on November 21, 1991 during the Patriotic
War).
Approach: Landmarks: at the N entrance to the passage: a
green buoy surmounted by a green cone (green light) and
a red buoy sur- mounted by a red can (red light); the quadrangular
red concrete tower (red light) on the E Baljenica point
(conspicuously yellow and brown) and the round red tower
with a column and gallery (green light) on Korotanja point
at the opposite side of the entrance. The coast of the passage
is fringed by several lights; the green tower with a column
and gallery (green light) at Vran- ine point and the red
tower (red light) at Brzac point. At the Zdrijac point there
is a loading place reserved for the car- ferry; on the W
side of the south entrance to Zdrilo there is a round green
tower with a column and a gallery (green light).
The NW going current in the passage attains a rate of 1
knot, but with the sirocco blowing it can attain 4 knots.
Directions for navigation. The speed limit in the passage
is 8 knots. Yachts must not pass or overtake each other
in the pas- sage. A yacht about to enter the passage must
stop off the entrance, 500m N of the northern point of Baljenica
and 500m off the southern point of Zdrijac and give two
5-second siren blasts. Any yacht already in the passage
must reply by giving five 1- second blasts. Yachts waiting
to enter the passage will, on hearing the blasts, wait at
the above given position until the yacht in the passage
comes out. When entering the passage, all yachts must give
five short blasts to signal their presence to smaller craft
(yachts).
Facilities: In the village of Maslenica, on the E inner
point of the entrance to Zdrilo, is a cargo terminal (bauxite)
and an old ferry landing ground.
On NE side of Novsko zdrilo (by the bridge) there is a motel
with 154 beds, a swimming pool, a supermarket and a tourist
office.
Sights: Rovanjska with Sv Petar church (St Peter, early
Romanesque, built on the site of a Roman villa rustica);
Jasenice with Sv Juraj church (St George, early Romanesque).
NOVIGRADSKO MORE, stretch of sea connected with Velebitski
kanal by Novsko zdrilo and with Karinsko more by Karinsko
zdrilo.
Its N and E coasts are steep; its S and W coasts are covered
with woods and olive groves and slope gently towards the
sea. On the E coast is the estuary of the river Zrmanja.
The bora is very strong, the sirocco more moderate. The
nearby villages include Maslenica, Posedarje (its shallow
coast is fringed by reefs) and Novigrad.
NOVIGRAD (44° 11'N; 15° 33'E), village (pop. 640
in 1991) and small harbour in the cove on the S coast of
Novigradsko more.
Approach: Landmarks: the stone tower (red light) on Sv Nikola
point and the chapel can be easily identified.
Mooring: The cove is sheltered from all winds except the
bora, which causes a slop in the harbour (considerable oscillations
of the sea level). Smaller yachts can moor along the pier
in the cove; with the bora blowing, use the four-point moor,
securing to both ends of the cove.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
medical service, chemist's, a hotel, several restaurants
and shops.
Provisions in local shops; water from the hydrant in front
of the harbour office.
There is a mussel farm in the cove.
Sights: Queen Elisabeth (executed in 1387), widow of Ludovic
of Anjou the Great, King of Hungary, and Maria, later wife
of Sig- ismund of Luxembourg, were imprisoned in the Castle
of Novigrad. Fortress above the town (13 C) with partly
preserved town walls; Sv Kata church (St Catherine, fragments
of lace-ornaments and church furniture). Pridraga, 6km SSE
(Sv Mihovil church /St Michael/, 10/11 C, six-foil ground-plan,
Sv Martin church /St Martin, part of it is early Christian,
old Croatian necropolis of Goricine) 6km SSE; Kugin cunj
(a stone on the hill above the village) tradition has it
that it protects the village from the plague. Islam Grcki,
the redoubt of Stojan Jankovic, a fighter against the Turks,
17 C.
POSEDARJE (44° 13'N; 15° 29'E), village (pop. 1,355
in 1991) and small harbour in the W part of Novigradsko
more.
Approach: Landmarks: the belfry, the Luna hotel and the
chapel on the islet in the W part of Luka cove.
A 2.5m deep dragged channel marked by wooden spars leads
to the harbour. E of the harbour is Veli skolj rock.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from all winds except
the sirocco; the bora in it is moderate. Only yachts drawing
up to 1.5m can moor there. The anchorage for smaller yachts
is in the middle of Luka cove, between Veli skolj and the
small peninsula with the chapel.
Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions
in local shops.
Sights: Uzasasce Marijino church (Assumption of Our Lady,
12/13 C, later Baroque reconstruction), Gospa od Ruzarija
church (Our Lady of the Rosary, Baroque reconstruction in
1700) and Sv Duh church (The Holy Ghost, 15 C) on the islet
in the W cove; 5km SW on the crossroads is the 150-year
old Zeleni hrast (Green Oak tree) a protected monument of
nature.
KARINSKO MORE, stretch of sea connected with Novigradsko
more by Karinsko zdrilo (1.5M long, 100 m wide, 1020 m deep
at midpoint). While sailing into the Karinsko more steer
clear of the Zdrilo shoal (marked by a pole and a green
cone).
The bora is strong. On the S coast there is a monastery
with a small mole nearby. Along the NE coast are rocks to
which yachts can secure (four-point moor). The whole bay
is a good anchorage (depths 1113 m).
OBROVAC (44° 12'N; 15° 41'E), town (pop. 1,660 in
1991) and har- bour on the S bank of the Zrmanja River,
6M upstream from the estuary.
Special directions for navigation. The river can be entered
only by day and only with a permit issued by the harbour
master's branch office in Novigrad at the request of the
yacht's skipper. The fairway is 4060m wide; on both sides
are mud banks. All yachts must keep to starboard. Yachts
must give ships free pas- sage. The speed limit on the river
is 8 knots. Stopping, overtak- ing or anchoring on the river
is prohibited.
Mooring: The harbour in Obrovac is sheltered from all winds
including the bora, which is very strong in the area. Smaller
yachts can moor along the projecting end of the mole (depth
about 2.6 m).
Facilities: Post office, medical service and chemist's,
a motel.
Shopping for provisions in town, water from the hydrant
on the waterfront, fuel at the petrol station (100m from
the bridge).
Obrovac is the venue of the summer festival called Noci
|erdana (Nights of Necklaces) gatherings of the local population
dressed in picturesque folk costumes.
LJUBACKA VRATA (44° 20'N; 15° 16'E), passage connecting
Vele- bitski kanal with Ljubacki zaljev.
Approach: Ljubacka vrata passage can be entered only by
day and only by yachts with masts less than 30m high. When
approaching Ljubacka vrata from Velebitski kanal, give Tanka
nozica point a wide berth because it is fringed by a shoal.
Orientation. Landmarks: the bridge connecting the mainland
with the island of Pag, the pyramidal stone tower with a
gallery (white light) on Tanka nozica point, the quadrangular
tower with a red top (red light) on Fortica point and the
quadrangular tower with a green top (green light) on Ostrljak
point.
Special directions for navigation in the passage. Yachts
larger than 50 GRT and trawlers regardless of tonnage must
give a long signal on the whistle or siren before entering
Ljubacka vrata. The ship which has given the signal first
has right of way, unless another ship is already in the
passage. The latter must in that case reply with at least
four short blasts. This signalling does not apply in foggy
or overcast weather, when the regulations for avoiding collision
at sea apply.
The most dangerous wind in Ljubacka vrata is the bora, which
blows with gale force from various directions and causes
a strong chop. The current from Velebitski kanal normally
attains a rate of 1 knot, exceptionally 23 knots.
Sights: In the village of Ljubac: an Illyrian castle and
several tombs, the early medieval Sv Ivan church (St John).
On Ljubljana point: the ruins of the early medieval residence
of the Templars with Sv Marija church (12/13 C).
NIN (44° 14'N; 15° 11'E), old Croatian historical
town (pop. 1,692 in 1991) in the shallow lagoon in the bay
of the same name. The shallows extend far offshore.
Approach: Landmarks: the chimney of the brickyard NE of
the town, the belfry of the church in Nin and the chapel
NE of Privlaka harbour.
Mooring: The bay is exposed to the bora and the sirocco,
which are very strong but do not cause big waves. The best
anchorage for yachts drawing up to 1.2m is in the E part
of the bay; larger yachts can anchor off the NE coast of
the bay, in the direction NNE of the belfry of the church
in Nin. E from the town (0.5 M) there is Miljasic jaruga
(Miljasic gully) where the stream reaches the sea. Along
the quay (on the left side) there are berths for yachts
drawing up to 2 m.
Facilities: Post office, medical service and chemist's.
Limitied provisions and water.
Several sites of medicinal mud (pelloid, with 80% colloid
parti- cles). Nin has salt pans (which cover an area of
45 hectares), a brickyard and a tree nursery.
Sights: Neolithic finds; Illyrian and Liburnian finds (town
of Aenona): ceramics, a necropolis, tombstones; from the
Roman times: town walls, bridges, cemetery, aqueduct, Diana's
Temple (about 70 A.D.); medieval churches of Sv Kriz (Holy
Cross, 11 C?), Sv Asel (renovated in 1673 and 1965, with
the chapel of Sv Ivan Krstitelj /St John the Baptist/),
of Sv Ambrozije (Gothic, renovated, built on the site of
the former Benedictine monastery), of Gospa od Ruzarija
on the cemetery (Our Lady of the Rosary, mentioned in a
document from 1228); Sv Nikola church at Prahulje (late
11 C); the Slav necropolis on Zdrijac beach (250 tombs,
8/9 C).
In 1069 king Petar Kresimir issued in Nin the deed of gift
known as Mare Nostrum. The remains of an old Croatian ship
dating back to the 10 or 11 C have been excavated near the
town. The Statute of the District of Nin regulating shipping
and fishing in the region popularly believed to date from
1103 a more probable dat- ing is 15 C.
PETRCANE (44° 11'N; 15° 09'E), village (pop. 575
in 1991) and small harbour on the coast of the cove of the
same name, some 5M northwest of Zadar.
Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular white tower (white
light) on Radman point (forest in the background) and the
belfry with a rectangular top and a clock in the middle
of it.
Warning: It is prohibited to moor along the mole with the
break- water (S part of the harbour) because it is damaged.
Mooring: The harbour is well sheltered from the bora and
the southerlies. Smaller yachts can moor along the pier
enclosing the inner harbour and along the jetty E of the
N breakwater.
Facilities: Post office and medical service. On Radman point
is the Pinija hotel and 2km northwest of the village is
the Punta Skala camp site and hotel for naturists.
Water and provisions in the village; fuel at the petrol
station by the hotel.
Sights: Sv Bartul church (St Bartholomew, 12/13 C, later
con- verted into a private building).
DIKLO (44° 09'N; 16° 12'E), village (pop. 1,270
in 1991) and anchorage, some 2M north-northwest of Zadar.
Approach: The belfry and the grove on the hill can be identified
when approaching the anchorage. Some 1M southeast of the
town is a dangerous shoal (0.5 m), which should be given
an offing when sailing toward Ostri rat point (Punta Mika).
Mooring: The anchorage is sheltered from the bora but exposed
to onshore winds and sea. The best anchorage in the bora
is SSW of the town (depth 1720 m), in the sirocco SSW of
the town (depth 23 m). A good anchorage for smaller yachts
in the sirocco is offshore W of Ostri rat point.
Facilities: Provisions and water can be obtained in the
nearby hotel complex of Borik (Zadar); fuel at the petrol
station.
Sights: The medieval churches of Sv Martin (St Martin, 12
C) and Sv Petar (St Peter, 13 C).
BORIK MARINA is situated in Uvala fratara cove, 500 m E
from the Ostri rat lighthouse. There are five pontoon quays,
depths 1.54 m.
Capacity: 200 sea-berths and 100 dry-berths (for yachts
of 620 m in length).
It is sheltered from all winds by two breakwaters; at the
head of the W breakwater there is a red tower (harbour light);
on the E breakwater there is a 5 t hoist.
VITRENJAK MARINA is situated 0.7M northwest of the harbour
of Zadar. It is protected by two breakwaters and has 8 concrete
piers. The depth decreases gradually toward the inner end
of the harbour and the roots of the piers: it is about 6m
at the entrance and about 1.5m near the waterfront. Berths
for 120 yachts (part of which are reserved for the Borik
marina).
At the inner end of the cove there is the building of the
Uskok Sailing Club and a large hangar; two hoists (2.5 and
5.5 t) and two slipways.
Provisions and other shopping in Borik (1 km) or Zadar;
fuel at the petrol station in the marina.
ZADAR (44° 07'N; 15° 13'E), city (pop. 76,343 in
1991) and port in Zadarski kanal.
Approach: Landmarks: two belfries in the town, the lighthouse
on Ostri rat point, the round white stone tower (white light);
the concrete tower with a green dome (green light) on the
N corner of Istarska Obala (Istra Quay); the concrete tower
with a red dome (red light) on the head of the breakwater.
Warning: Anchoring is prohibited in the following areas
within Zadarski kanal:
In the area, 1.4M in width, between the mainland coast and
the coast of Ugljan Island; its SE boundary is a line extending
from the church in the village of Arbanasi, bearing 213°,
to Kali har- bour (0.2M east of the harbour light). Its
NW boundary is the line joining the small jetty on Obala
kralja Petra Kresimira IV, bearing 220°, with Preko
harbour (0.2M northwest of the harbour light).
In the area, about 0.5M in width, between the mainland coast
and the coast of the island of Ugljan, its SE boundary being
the line joining Ostri rat lighthouse, on a bearing of 230°,
with a point some 0.4M northwest of the light on Sv Grgur
point. Its NW boun- dary is the line extending from a point
some 0.7M to the southeast of the church in Diklo village,
on a bearing of 235°, to a point about 0.4M northwest
of the harbour light in Lukoran veli harbour.
Prevailing weather conditions. The bora is moderate; the
sirocco can be strong but does not cause waves. Summer storms
with winds blowing from NNW, may send in a swell into the
harbour but present no danger either to yachts entering
nor to those lying in the harbour. The SW waterfront of
the town, Obala kralja Petra Kresimira IV, is exposed to
NW and SE winds and waves.
Mooring: The harbour is protected by the peninsula on which
the old part of Zadar is situated and by a breakwater (on
the oppo- site side). The entrance is 70m wide. Yachts can
use the berths laid by Zadar Marina in Vrulje cove. The
berths in the harbour are reserved for merchant ships. A
good anchorage is some 1 mile S of the Ostri rat lighthouse.
Facilities: A permanent port of entry; harbour master's
office and customs, hospital and post office.
Provisions in local shops, water from the hydrant on the
water- front, fuel at several petrol stations, one of them
in the Mar- ina. Naval charts and other publications can
be bought in the PLOVPUT Plovno Podrucje Zadar, office at
Jurja Biankinia 8.
The Maritime Museum (Pomorski muzej) of the Institute of
the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Zagreb) is situated
in a park in Brodarica, a suburb of Zadar. The Historical
Archives, established in 1625, contain many documents and
other material relevant to the history of shipping and fishing
in the East Adri- atic. Zadar has a secondary marine school.
Tankerska plovidba shipping company, Zubatac Fishing Club.
NW of the Old Town is Borik, a recreation area with a motel,
camp site, beach and several hotels.
During the summer season Zadar hosts a series of concerts
in Sv Donat church (Veceri glazbe u Donatu).
Car-ferry lines: Zadar Preko; Zadar Zaglav (Dugi Otok);
Zadar Brbinj (Dugi Otok); Zadar Ancona (Italy); Rijeka Zadar
Dubrov- nik (see Rijeka).
Coastal passenger lines: Zadar Olib Silba Premuda Ilovik;
Zadar Premuda Silba Olib; Zadar Molat Brgulje Ist Zapuntel
Olib Silba Premuda Ilovik Mali Losinj; Zadar Rivanj Molat
Brgulje Zapuntel Ist; Zadar Rivanj Sestrunj Dragove Bozava
Zverinac Soline Veli Rat; Zadar Iz Mali Iz Veli Brbinj Savar
Mala Rava Rava; Zadar Sestrunj Bozava Zverinac Molat Brgulje
Ist Zapuntel Premuda Olib Silba; Zadar Mali Losinj Pula.
Sights: Remnants of the old Roman Forum (1 C, with foundations
of a temple, basilicas, columns and shop walls). The churches:
of Sv Donat (with a rotunda from 9 C), of Sv Marija (1091,
Romanesque, reconstructed in 16 C in the Baroque style;
furnishings from Romanesque to Baroque; belfry from 11 C),
of Sv Stosija (St Anas- tasia, Romanesque cathedral, 13/14
C, choir stalls from 141850, crypt), of Sv KrsevanKrisogon
(St Grisogonus, Romanesque, from 1175, with apses, Baroque
furnishings), of Sv Simun (St Simeon, first recorded in
12 C, later reconstructions, contains the silver coffin
of St Simeon from 137780), of Sv Franjo (St Francis, from
1283, reconstructed, choir stalls from 1394, Renaissance
cloister).
Remnants of old fortifications along Gradska luka (Old City
Har- bour) dating from 16 C, Porta Terraferma the Old Town
Gate dat- ing from 1543, the defense tower Bablja kula (1314
C), Veliki Arsenal (Great Arsenal from 1752), the palace
of the Venetian governor (1607), the Loggia (1565), Gradska
straza (City Guard from 1562).
Museums and collections: Archaeological Museum, National
Museum, Natural History Museum, Ethnographical Museum, Maritime
Museum, Art Gallery and permanent exhibition of Sacral Art.
ZADAR MARINA is situated on the east quay of Gradska luka
(Old City Harbour) in Vrulje bay.
The berths are laid on the inner side of the breakwater
in the harbour (yachts up to 35min length), along the quay
and pier (yachts up to 25m in length); there are 300 berths
along 5 floating fingers (four-point moor) and 400 dry-berths
(in the open and in sheds). The depths in the bay are 36
m, along the NE waterfront and the breakwater 1.52 m, near
the head of the break- water about 7 m.
The marina operates the year round.
It has restaurants, snack-bar, duty-free shop, laundry,
toilets and showers, food shop, ship chandler's. Water and
electricity hook-ups on the waterfront and the piers, telephones.
Fuel pump on the SE entrance to the bay.
Repairs to the hull, marine engines and electrical installations
are undertaken; maintenance and servicing of all types of
yachts and engines in the marina. A travel-lift (50 t) and
hoists (6.5 and 15 t).
ZLATNA LUKA MARINA (SASZadar) is situated in the bay of
Zlatna Luka, 3.8M south of Zadar (near Sukosan). It is sheltered
from all winds.
The marina covers an area of 125 acres; it has 1200 berths
(four-point moor) for yachts up to 15m in length and up
to 4 m draught, 800 dry-berths (200 in hangars); a stretch
of 400m on the waterfront is occupied by berths for yachts
over 25m in length and up to 5 m draught. All berths have
water, electricity, telephone and television hook-ups.
The marina operates the year round.
It has reception office, harbour master's branch office,
customs, a shopping centre, ship chandler's, spare parts,
dry cleaner's, medical service, chemist's, toilets, showers;
fuel and gas pump; specialized service shops; yacht club;
casino; hotel (400 beds), apartment settlement (400 beds),
villas (on an area of 2000 m2); parking lot; sports grounds
with tennis courts and facilities for water sports, an outdoor
swimming pool and an indoor Olympic swimming pool. Travel-lifts
(15, 30 and 50 t); repair of marine engines (spare parts
available), hulls and rigging.
The marina has a charter fleet with over 200 motor and sailing
yachts, between 6 and 13m long, the motor yacht Adria 1000
(sleep- ing 8).
SUKOSAN (44° 03'N; 15° 18'E), town (pop. 2,275 in
1991) and small harbour in the large but shallow cove in
the S part of Zadarski kanal.
Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular concrete tower (white
light) on a concrete base off Podvara point; the ruin on
the shaol in the S part of the harbour and the church with
the low belfry.
Mooring: The harbour is protected from all winds except
the south-westerlies, which cause a moderate sea in it.
Smaller yachts can moor along the head of the long breakwater
(depth 3 m); on the head is a red column with a red light.
It is advisable to moor in Zlatna Luka marina.
Facilities: Provisions and water available; fuel at the
petrol stations in Biograd or Zadar.
The local yachtyard undertakes repairs of wooden yachts.
A post office, medical service, railway station, several
hostels and a camp site on Podvara point.
Sights: Sv Kasijan church (11 C?, renovated in 1673), on
the islet in the harbour the ruins of the summer house of
M. Valaresso, archbishop of Zadar (1470).
PASMANSKI KANAL, channel between the mainland and the island
of Pasman. In its SE part the channel is narrow and shallow
with many islets and shoals. The islets of Komornik, Babac,
Frmic, Planac and Sv Katarina form two passages in this
part of the channel the western and the eastern navigable
for ships drawing up to 6 metres.
The bora is much stronger in Pasmanski kanal than in Zadarski
kanal, reaching gale force in the winter. The sirocco is
also strong and particularly unpleasant with the current
coming from the opposite direction. The SW wind changes
direction in the channel and blows from S or SSE. The north-westerlies
can also be very strong and cause high waves, especially
in the area N of the islet of Bisage. The NW current (high
tide) attains a rate of 12.5 knots in the channel, and the
SE current (low tide) a rate of 12 knots. The current attains
greatest strength in the nar- rowest part of the channel
and off the villages of Turanj and Sv. Filip i Jakov. Southerly
winds influence the direction of the current and often cause
very strong eddies.
The ordinance on the navigation of ships (up to 50 GRT)
and yachts through Pasmanski kanal determines its limits
and two fairways.
The limits of Pasmanski kanal:
in the north, the line joining Tukljaca point the Ricul
light structure the Galesnjak light structure the W point
of the islet of Bisaga Mala and the N coast of the islet
of Garmenjak;
in the south, the line joining Soline cove (S of Biograd)
with Studenac point (island of Pasman).
The fairways:
The western fairway within the lines joining the NE coast
of the islet of Garmenjak Brizine point the harbour light
in the village of Pasman light Cavatul the intersection
of the alignment of the lights at Cavatul and Babac with
the southern border of the chan- nel the intersection of
the southern border of the channel with the alignment (SW)
of the point of the islet of Planac and the Sv Katarina
light the Sv Katarina light the Babac light the inter- section
of the alignment of the midpoint of the islet of Cavatul
and the Babac light with the northern border of the channel.
The eastern passage lying within the lines joining Soline
cove the Biograd harbour light the Kocerka shoal light the
Minerva shoal light the Ricul light the Galesnjak light
W point of Bisaga mala the intersection of the alignment
of the midpoint of Cava- tul Islet and the Babac light with
the northern border of the channel the intersection of the
alignment of the midpoint of Cavatul Islet and the Babac
light with the line joining the N coast of Garmenjak Islet
and the Galesnjak light the W point of the island of Komornik
the Komornik light the light on the E coast of Babac the
Planac light the N point of Sv Katarina the intersection
of the S border of the channel with the alignment of the
SW point of Planac Island and the light on the islet of
Sveta Katarina.
Yachts over 50 GRT must use the western fairway when going
SE, and the eastern fairway when going NW.
Yachts up to 50 GRT and yachts can pass from the western
to the eastern fairway and vice versa in any part of the
channel.
In the fairways of Pasmanski kanal, yachts over 50 GRT can
navi- gate at a speed of up to 10 knots in the following
areas:
in the western fairway from Brizine point to the S border
of the channel;
in the eastern fairway from the entrance to the Komornik
light.
Directions for navigation through the channel
Entering the channel from NW, use the western fairway; the
course is indicated by the alignment, on a bearing of 143.5°
(the western point of the islet of Babac the point of the
islet of Cavatul). When abreast of the green tower with
a column (green light) on the edge of the shoal S of the
islet of Galesnjak, steer 148° which leads through the
middle of the fairway between the harbour light (green tower
with a gallery, green light) in Pasman harbour and the lighthouse
(stone tower and small house, white light) on the islet
of Babac. Passing the lighthouse, leave the shoals S of
it (4.8 and 5.3 m) to port, steering 131° (the lighthouse
on the islet of Sveta Katarina). Keep on that course until
abreast of the light marking the shoal (green tower with
a gallery, green light) off the N point of the islet of
Cavatul; then turn right to the course leading W of the
islet of Sveta Katarina (white tower in front of the house,
white light).
Entering the channel from SE, use the eastern fairway, shaping
course for the middle of the line joining the harbour light
in Biograd and the islet of Planac, taking care of the shoal
(3.5 m) E of the islet of Sveta Katarina. From the middle
of this line steer for the islet of Ricul (white tower with
a column and gal- lery, white light) on a bearing of 320°
until abreast of the light on the islet of Komornik (red
tower with s column and gal- lery, red light); then steer
in the course leading S of the light on the islet of Galesnjak.
Warning: Anchoring off the entrances and exits from the
fairways mentioned above and in the fairways themselves
is prohibited. All yachts are prohibited from entering and
navigating in the chan- nel when visibility drops under
0.2 M.
Only angling and fishing with fish traps and only by day
is per- mitted in the fairways. Outside the fairways fishing-yacht
lights of over 200 watts must be shaded so that they illuminate
an area whose diameter does not exceed 4 m.
KRMCINA (43° 59.6'N; 15° 22'E), village (pop. 267
in 1991) and anchorage in Pasmanski kanal, SE of the point
of the same name.
Mooring: A good anchorage for yachts of all sizes, sheltered
from the bora. Anchor (depth 12 m) S of the village on the
S side of the point, characterized by red landslides.
Sights: In the nearby village of Tukljaca is the chapel
of Our Lady, endowment of Mikuc Mogorovic, commander of
Prince Miroslav's fleet (memorial inscription on the lintel
dated 845).
TURANJ (43° 58'N; 15° 25'E), village (pop. 1,062
in 1991) and small harbour on the mainland coast on the
narrowest part of Pasmanski kanal.
Approach: Landmarks: the belfry of the church in the village
and the long L-shaped breakwater, on whose head is a green
tower with a column and gallery (green light). Off the harbour
is Minerva shoal (4.5 m) marked by a green tower with a
column and gallery (green light) on a concrete base in the
sea.
Mooring: The harbour is not sheltered from the sirocco and
should be avoided with this wind blowing. Smaller yachts
can moor in the harbour or along the outer end of the breakwater.
Facilities: Provisions and water in the village; fuel at
the petrol station in Biograd.
Sights: Roman finds (tombs, remains of various buildings),
ruins of a fortress (16 C).
SV. FILIP I JAKOV (43° 57'N; 15° 26'E), village
(pop. 1,645 in 1991) and small harbour in Pasmanski kanal,
some 1.5M northwest of Biograd.
Approach: Landmarks: the belfry; the round green tower with
a column and gallery (green light) on a base on Kocerka
shoal (some 600m south of the harbour); the red tower of
the former light on the head of the pier; the belfry with
a column in the village and, E of it, glasshouses extending
up to the waterfront.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from all winds. Smaller
yachts can moor along the pier protecting the harbour for
fishing yachts. It is also possible to moor along the inner
end of the W pier (depth 2 m) and along the breakwater (inner
side 2 m, outer side up to 4 m).
Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions
from local shops, water from the hydrant on the waterfront
and the pier. Fuel at the petrol station in Biograd.
Sights: Sv Mihovil church (St Michael, 14 C, reconstruction
1707), the ruins of Dvorine castle (former Benedictine monastery
with Sv Rok church, 1374) in Rogovo; Folco Borelli Park
monument of garden architecture.
BIOGRAD (43° 56'N; 15° 27'E), town (pop. 5,315 in
1991) and har- bour in the S part of Pasmanski kanal.
Approach: Landmarks: the belfry in the town; the semi-circular
yellowish hospital building with two quadrangular chimneys
on the W side; the white tower with a column and gallery
(green light) on the head of the pier; the red tower with
a column and gallery (red light) on the head of the N breakwater
of the marina; the green tower with a column and gallery
(green light) on the head of the W breakwater of the marina;
the red tower with a column and gallery (red light) on the
islet of Planac; the white tower (white light) on the islet
of Sveta Katarina; the green buoy on the shoal W of the
ferry harbour; the Adriatic hotel.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from all winds and seas,
except the south-easterlies. The sea raised by the south-westerlies
can sometimes be unpleasant. The waterfront in the main
harbour is reserved for passenger ships. The hotel harbour
next to the Adri- atic hotel, which has 170 berths for yachts
up to 7m in length, is reserved for hotel guests. The KornatiBiograd
marina is situated some 0.5M west of the harbour and 0.1M
west of the ferry harbour.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, medical service,
chemist's, orthopaedic hospital, post office, several hotels,
motel, camp sites (some of them in the environs), restaurants,
sports facilities, a fishing net factory, the Centre for
Maritime Exploration. Podlanica Fishing Club.
Good shopping for provisions; mains water supply; fuel at
the petrol station on the waterfront and on the Adriatic
highway (1 km).
Car-ferry line: Biograd Tkon (Island of Pasman).
Sights: Liburnian and Roman finds (remains of the water
mains, villa rustica), remains of houses and churches of
the medieval Royal Borough (1113 C), and archaeological
collection (from Iron Age, Roman and medieval times); a
special part of the collection is Treasures of the Seabed
with glass and bronze items, candles- ticks, textiles, copper
wire, household utensils, a cannon (1200 kg) dating from
1582 all of which were found on a sunken ship dating from
the turn of 16 C, discovered near Gnalic islet.
East of Biograd is the lake Vransko jezero (14 x 4 km, depth
up to 4 m) famous for its fisheries and wildfowl shooting.
On the northern shore of the lake are the ruins of a fortified
monastery of the Templars (13 C) and Maskovica han, a Turkish
caravanserai (1644).
KORNATIBIOGRAD MARINA is situated in the natural harbour
N of the ferry pier in the town harbour. It is protected
by two breakwa- ters.
The marina has 500 sea-berths and 200 dry-berths; depth
25 m. Yacht rental: about 60 yachts, 40 smaller yachts (for
day rental) and family yachts sleeping 46 (weekly rental).
The marina operates the year round.
It has reception office, restaurant, shops and duty-free
shop; harbour master's branch office, customs; showers and
toilets, parking lot for 600 cars.
Provisions at the supermarket; nautical items and spares,
hardware and tools, sports equipment; fuel at the petrol
station on the waterfront and on the Adriatic highway (1
km).
Hoists (2.5 and 10 t), facility for mounting masts, cleaning
and rubbing down of yachts, security for wintering yachts;
water and electricity hook-ups laid out on the piers. Maintenance
and repair services in the marina; general overhauling of
yachts and engines at Zadar Marina.
CRVENA LUKA (43° 56'N; 15° 30'E), small bay, hotel
complex (13 hotel buildings, 27 bungalows) and small harbour
some 2M southeast of Biograd.
Approach: The white tower with a column (light with sectors)
on the islet of Ostarije, SW of the entrance to the bay
can be easily identified.
Warning: Between the islet of Ostarije and the mainland
is a reef extending 100m SE of the islet; approach the bay
by going south of the islet and giving it a berth of at
least 100 m.
Mooring: The bay is sheltered from the bora; the sirocco
causes a considerable sea. Yachts can moor along the pier
(depth off the head 3 m) on the NW coast of the bay or anchor
in the middle of the bay (depth 36 m); good holding. Leave
the bay as soon as you see signs heralding the sirocco.
Facilities: Provisions (in shop and restaurant) and water
are available; fuel at the petrol station in Biograd.
In Bozakovica cove near Crvena luka is the Club Miditerranie
vil- lage with Tahitian-style huts (300 bungalows) and hotel
build- ings.
PAKOSTANE (43° 55'N; 15° 31'E), town (pop. 2,155
in 1991) and small harbour at the entrance to Pasmanski
kanal.
Approach: Landmarks: the belfry in the village, the string
of islets (Babuljas, Veli skolj, Sveta Justina) off the
entrance to the harbour, the green tower with a column and
gallery (green light) on the head of the breakwater.
The most convenient of the four passages is the one leading
NE of the islet of Sveta Justina (chapel). NE of the islet
is a bol- lard on a concrete base in the sea; between the
islet and the bollard is a shoal (1.8 m). Go between the
bollard and the main- land coast (keeping as close to the
latter as possible) bows-to the head of the breakwater.
Mooring: The small harbour (depth at the entrance 3 m) is
only partially protected from the sirocco and open to the
south- westerlies. Moor on the inner side of the breakwater
small yachts drawing up to 3m only.
Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions,
water from the hydrant on the mole. Fuel at the petrol station
in Biograd.
Sights: Remnants of a Roman breakwater can be seen in the
sea between the mainland coast and the islet inside the
harbour. On the islet stands Sv Justina chapel (1670), erected
on the site of an older parish church to commemorate the
defeat of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto (1571).
ISLAND OF OLIB
SVETI NIKOLA (44° 21'N; 14° 47'E), cove on the SW
coast of Olib, some 1.6M southeast of Tale point.
Approach: Landmarks: the stone chapel and three stone bollards
on the points of the cove; the yellow buoy with a black
band (white light) on Tale point.
Mooring: The cove is sheltered from the bora and N winds,
but is open to the sirocco, which causes big waves and makes
the cove dangerous. Anchor in the middle of the cove (depth
12 m); smaller yachts can moor (four-point moor) by securing
to the bollards at the root of the cove.
Sights: The ruins of the monastery and the church (late
17 C) in Banve cove.
OLIB (44° 23'N; 14° 47'E), village (pop. 714 in
1991) and small harbour in the cove on the W coast of the
island of Olib.
Approach: Landmarks: Sv Stosija chapel (St Anastasia) in
the vil- lage; the chapel on the N coast of the cove; the
red tower with a column and gallery (red light) on the head
of the breakwater.
Care should be taken of the shallow S coast. By night steer
by the light on the head of the breakwater, which indicates
the berth that must be given to Kurjak rock (on the NW side).
Approaching the cove from SE, leave the yellow light buoy
with a black band (white light) marking the shoal off Tale
point to starboard.
Mooring: Smaller yachts moor on the inner side of the breakwater
(depth about 2.5 m); part of the head of the breakwater
is used by passenger ships. The anchorage off the harbour
(depth 820 m) is sheltered only from winds from the NE quadrant.
Facilities: Post office, medical service, several shops
and res- taurants. Provisions in local shops.
Local passenger line: see Zadar.
Sights: The fortification (Kastel) at the harbour entrance
(1718 C) built for defense against pirates; Sv Stosija church
(St Anas- tasia, 17 C).
ISLAND OF SILBA
SILBA (44° 22.5'N; 14° 42.4'E), village (pop. 221
in 1991) and eastern harbour of the island.
Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular red tower with a column
and gallery (red light) on the head of the breakwater and
the red tower in the village.
Mooring: The harbour is protected from all winds except
the bora and tramontana. During these winds it is advisable
to leave the harbour and seek shelter on the W coast of
the island. Smaller yachts can moor along the inner side
of the breakwarter which is arranged as a marina (depths
23 m); at the head of the breakwater there is a submerged
pile of stones (up to 5 m). Along the head of the inner
quay there is a landing ground for local passenger yachts.
The anchorage for yachts is situated some 250m off the harbour
(depth 1015 m).
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
medical service, chemist's, restaurants and shops.
Provisions in local shops, limited water from the cistern
and mains water supply.
There are two slipways for smaller yachts.
Coastal passenger lines: see Zadar and Mali Losinj.
Sights: Uznesenje Marijino church (Assumption of the Virgin,
1637, paintings, the crown of the "peasant king"
elected each year by the local population to reign from
December 26 until January 6); parts of fortifications built
against pirates (16 C), the Belvedere tower Toreta (19 C).
SVETI ANTE (44° 21'N; 14° 42'E), cove on the SW
coast of Silba.
Approach: Landmarks: the house on Mavrova point and the
chapel on the point between the N and S coves. Care should
be taken of the shoals fringing the entrance points.
Mooring: The northernmost part of the cove is protected
from all winds, the rest of the cove is exposed to W winds.
The best anchorage for smaller yachts is in the S part of
the cove, espe- cially during the sirocco.
ZZALIC 44° 22.4' N; 14° 41.8'E), cove and the western
harbour of the village of Silba.
Approach: Landmarks: the white tower with a column and gallery
(red light) on the head of the pier and the belfry in Silba.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered only from the bora and
the easterlies; yachts should leave when W and NW winds
start blow- ing. The SE end of the pier is reserved for
passenger ships. Smaller yachts can moor at both sides of
the pier (depth 1.55.4 m) but only in calm weather and the
bora; if all berths are taken, they should use the four-point
moor. A good anchorage for larger yachts is NW of the harbour
(depth 2540 m); for smaller yachts a good shelter from the
bora is some 400m NW of the demol- ished part of the breakwater.
Facilities: Limited water supply; provisions and other shopping
in local shops.
ISLAND OF PREMUDA
KRIJAL (44° 20'N; 14° 36'E), small bay on the W
coast of the island. Above it, on the top of the island,
there is the village of Premuda (pop. 73 in 1991).
Approach: Landmarks: SW of the bay a string of rocks (Hripa,
Masarine, Plitka sika, Bracic, Mala sika). The red tower
with a column (red light ) on the head of the N breakwater
and the chapel.
One can enter the harbour from SE and NW keeping as near
as the coast of the island. Sailing between cliffs is dangerous
because of shoals and sunken reefs.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from all winds except
the north-westerlies, which cause a moderate sea in it.
The anchorage is sheltered only from the bora and south-westerlies.
Small yachts can moor in the inner harbour, securing the
yacht alongside the inner breakwater or using the four-point
moor. Larger yachts anchor NE of Hripa rock. With the bora
or N winds, anchor WNW of the harbour, in other winds S
of it.
Facilities: Post office in the village of Premuda (1 km).
Provi- sions in a local shop.
There is a slipway for smaller yachts at the inner end of
the harbour.
Coastal passenger lines: see Mali Losinj and Zadar.
ISLAND OF SKARDA
GRIPARICA (44° 16.6'N; 14° 43.4'E), cove in the
S part of the island.
Approach: Landmarks: the abandoned house at the head of
the cove, the summit of the hill (102 m) NE of the entrance
to the cove and the limekilns on both sides of the entrance.
Mooring: The cove is sheltered from all winds except the
sirocco which raises a heavy sea; leave the cove at the
first sign of the sirocco. Good anchorage for yachts of
all sizes (depth 625 m).
ISLAND OF IST
IST (44° 16'N; 14° 46'E), small harbour at the head
of Siroka cove on the SE coast of Ist. The village of Ist
(pop. 237 in 1991) is some 600m away.
Approach: Landmarks: the green tower with a column (green
light) on the head of the breakwater and the chapel on Straza
hill (175 m); the shoal (2 m) at the entrance to the cove
is marked by a spar with black and red bands surmounted
by two black spheres.
Mooring: The anchorage is not safe; the bora heavily blows
and the sirocco raises the heavy sea. Smaller yachts can
moor on the inner side of the breakwater (70m long); with
the bora blowing, secure to the bollards on the opposite
coast, which is partially protected from all winds. The
head of the pier is reserved for passenger ships.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office and post office.
Pro- visions in local shops; water in limited quantities.
Coastal passenger lines: see Mali Losinj and Zadar.
KOSIRACA (44° 17'N; 14° 45'E), cove on the NW coast
of the island.
Approach: Landmarks: the chapel on Straza hill, three small
houses S of Kok point and the houses at the head of the
cove. When approaching from NW, take care of the shoal (3
m), rock and islet of Krizica (the housing of the underwater
cable), situated W of Kok point.
Mooring: The cove is protected from all winds from the SE
and SW quadrants, but is exposed to N and NW winds; the
bora is strong and blows from various directions. Anchor
off the root of the cove in 520 m.
ISLAND OF MOLAT
ZAPUNTEL (44° 15'N; 14° 49'E), cove and village
(pop. 52 in 1991) in the passage of the same name (between
the islands of Ist and Molat).
Approach: From Virsko more: the conical white tower with
a gal- lery (white light) on Vranac point (on the island
of Molat) and Vrh Gore and Straza hills (on the island of
Ist); when approach- ing from the open sea take care of
the islets, reefs and shoals off Ist and Molat.
In the strait (depth at midpoint 2040 m) there is a strong
current (up to 3 knots) coming from the open sea; with a
strong bora and the current fom the opposite direction there
is a strong chop.
Mooring: A good all-round shelter. Yachts can moor along
the mole in the harbour (alongside it or using the four-point
moor); depth 3.5 m. The head of the mole is reserved for
passenger ships.
It is prohibited to anchor in the middle of the passage
and in its narrow W part (an underwater cable).
Facilites. Very limited provisions and water available in
the coastal part of the village.
Local passenger lines: see Zadar.
JAZI (44° 13'N; 14° 53'E), cove on the SE coast
of the island.
Approach: The islet of Tovarnjak off the cove and the church
on the hill in the village of Molat (pop. 109 in 1991) can
be easily identified.
Mooring: The cove is exposed to NE winds; with a strong
wind blowing, anchor in Lucina cove (Brguljski zaljev).
Smaller yachts can anchor some 300m off the small pier bearing
NNE (depth 58 m) or in Przina cove (some 0.6M northwest
of the harbour, depth 46 m), where they can also moor (four-point
moor). A good anchorage for larger yachts (depth 820 m)
is on the alignment of the centre of Tovarnjak island and
the church in the village.
Facilities: Limited provisions and water available in the
village of Molat.
BRGULJSKI ZALJEV, small bay on the SW coast of Molat island
between Bonaster and Golubinjka points; with its eastern
Lucina, Podgarbe and Luka coves, it is the best natural
shelter in this part of the Adriatic for yachts of all sizes.
Approach: Landmarks: the pyramidal stone tower (white light)
on Bonaster point; the white tower with a column and gallery
(white light) on the islet of Golac; the belfry and several
houses in the village of Molat; the round red tower with
a column and gal- lery (red sector light) in Lucina cove;
the conical white tower with a gallery (white-green sector
light) on Tun Veli islet; the red tower with a column and
gallery (red light) on Tun Mali. When navigating through
Maknare passage, larger yachts should keep in the white
sector of the light on the islet of Tun Veli. Approach-
ing from Zadar, keep in the second white sector of the light
on Tun Veli; turn towards the bay after you have passed
the light on Bonaster point.
Warning: About 1M north of the light on Bonaster point is
a buoy (no light) used by warships.
Mooring: Small yachts can moor at the mole in Lucina cove.
The best anchorage is NW of the islet of Brguljski in Studena
cove (depth to 4.5 m) nearer the NE shore; there is good
anchorage in the SE part of Podgarbe cove (sheltered from
S winds) and in the Luka cove at the NW end of the bay.
Facilities: Provisions and water in Lucina.
Local passenger line: Ist Molat Zadar.
SEDMOVRACE, sea area bounded by the islands of Molat, Tun
Mali, Tun Veli, Zverinac and Dugi Otok. Access through the
following straits: Maknare, between Bonaster point on Molat
and Borji point on Dugi Otok; Velo Zaplo, between Tun Mali
and Tun Veli; Malo Zaplo between Zaplo point on Molat and
Tun Mali (see Brguljski zaljev). In the Velo Zaplo straits
and Sestrunjski kanal, the tidal stream sets eastwards and
northwards respectively at a rate of 2.5 knots. The two
streams meet at the islet of Vrtlac and form eddies. The
ebb tide setting in the opposite direction attains a rate
of up to 1.5 knots.
Warning: Approaching from the open sea from NW, care should
be taken of Bacvica reef (some 0.5M southeast of the islet
of Tra- merka); approaching from S, care should be taken
of the islets of Lagnjici (about 0.7M northwest of Veli
rat point), which are fringed by submerged reefs. In the
passage of Maknare, between the islets of Golac and Brscak
is a 3 m deep shoal. By night, the passage of Maknare, between
the light on Bonaster point (white flashes) and the islet
of Golac (white flashes), is indicated by the white sector
of the light on Tun Veli island.
Yachts approaching from Zadarski kanal and Virsko more should
take care to avoid Sajda shoal, situated about 1.5M north
of Rivanj island. It is marked by a quadrangular masonry
tower with black and red bands (white flashing light) surmounted
by two black spheres. About 700m NW of the group of islands
Tri sestrice is a reef marked by a black-red-black spar
on a concrete base surmounted by two black spheres. E of
the NW extremity of Ses- trunj island is a shoal (5.8 m),
which is dangerous only for deep drawing yachts. By night,
keep within the white sector of the light on Tun Veli (conical
white tower with a gallery), which leads between Trata islet
(red tower with a column and gallery, red flashes) and Vrtlac
islet (white tower with a column and gal- lery, white flashes);
Sedmovrace is entered between the islet of Tun Mali (red
flashes) and the NW point of Tun Veli (green flashes).
The best course from Sedmovrace to Srednji kanal is through
Tun- ski kanal, where there are no obstacles for navigation.
A high-tension overhead transmission line, with a vertical
clear- ance of 10.5 m, spans the Malo Zaplo straits.
ISLAND OF SESTRUNJ
HRVATIN (44° 10'N; 15° 00'E), cove on the NE coast
of Sestrunj.
Mooring: Good shelter (anchorage) from the sirocco. Smaller
yachts can moor at the pier, where they are protected from
all winds.
Facilities: Provisions and water in the village of Sestrunj.
Coastal passenger lines: see Zadar.
KABLIN (44° 08'N; 15° 01'E), cove and point on the
SW coast of Sestrunj, about 1.5M northwest of Mavrovica
point, which is the southernmost point of the island. Kablin
serves as the harbour for the village of Sestrunj (pop.
123 in 1991).
Mooring: Kablin affords good shelter from the northerlies
and the bora to smaller yachts. During the sirocco, yachts
shoud shift to the NE coast of the island. Mooring at the
inner side of the piers, the first of which is reserved
for local lines.
Facilities: Provisions and water in the village of Sestrunj
(1km inland).
DUMBOCICA (44° 08'N; 14° 59'E), cove on the SW coast
of Sestrunj. A good shelter from the northerlies and the
bora for smaller yachts; anchorage closer inshore (depth
15 m).
Facilities: Provisions and water in the village of Sestrunj
(1.5km inland).
ISLAND OF RIVANJ
RIVANJ (44° 09'N; 15° 03'E), small harbour on the
W coast of the island of Rivanj; on the hill above the harbour
is the village of Rivanj (pop. 20 in 1991).
Approach: Landmarks: the white tower with a column and gallery
(green light) on the head of the breakwater.
Mooring: The breakwaters protect the harbour from the northerlies
and partly from the sirocco. Smaller yachts can moor only
along the inner end of the bigger breakwater (depth 3 m),
the outer end being reserved for the coastal lines.
Due to the strong currents in Rivanjski kanal (up to 4 knots)
anchoring in it is not recommended.
Facilities: Provisions and other shopping in local shops.
Local passengers lines: see Zadar.
ISLAND OF UGLJAN
UGLJAN (44° 08'N; 15° 07'E), village (pop. 1,070
in 1991) and small harbour on the NE coast of the island.
Approach: Landmarks: the red column on the head of the breakwater
and the monastery on the N entrance point. Care should be
taken of the rocky shoals (1 m) NW off the entrance.
Mooring: The harbour is protected from the sirocco but is
open to the bora. Smaller yachts can moor along the inner
end of the breakwater or moor (four-point moor) near the
root of the break- water (depth 0.51 m). The depth in the
inner harbour (SW part) is about 1 m. The anchorage some
0.5M southeast of the light (depth 610 m) is safe only in
the sirocco but should not be considered in the bora.
Facilities: Post office, medical service, hotel, restaurant
and shops. Provisions in local shops.
Sights: The Franciscan monastery (1430) with a cloister
and Sv Jerolim church (St Jerome, 1447); next to the cove
the ruins of a Roman villa rustica; at Stivan the ruins
of early Christian buildings (46 C).
CEPRLJANDA (44° 07'N; 15° 07.5'E), small cove SE
of the village of Ugljan (some 0.7 M); good all-round shelter
except from the winds from the NW quadrant. The depth in
the cove is up to 3m and small yachts can moor by using
the four-point moor or at the small moles.
LUKORAN VELI (44° 06.2'N; 15° 10'E), cove on the
NE coast of Ugljan; the village of Lukoran (pop. 687 in
1991).
Approach: Landmarks: the church on the hill in the village
and old pine-forest on the W part of the cove.
Mooring: The cove is well sheltered from all winds except
those from the NW quadrant. Smaller yachts can moor along
the pier off the village or anchor in the cove; good holding.
Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions
in local shops.
Sights: Sv Lovro church (St Lawrence, Romanesque) at the
cemetery; in the hamlet of Mali Lukoran the summer residence
of da Ponte family (17 C).
SUTOMISCICA (44° 06'N; 15° 10'E), village (pop.
441 in 1991) and small harbour in the cove of the same name
on the NE coast of Ugljan.
Approach: Landmarks: the red column (red light) on Sv Grgur
point and the belfry in the village.
Mooring: The cove is exposed to the tramontana and protected
from all other winds and seas. There are several small moles
(depth up to 2 m). Smaller yachts can moor in the middle
of the cove (depths 812 m). During the bora it is advisable
to anchor off the NE coast.
There is an underwater cable 370m off the coast E of Lukoran
light extending to Ostri rat point.
Facilities: Provisions and water in local shops.
Sights: Sv Eufemija church (1349, renovated in 17 C), Sv
Grgur chapel (St Gregory, renovated in 15 C), the ruins
of the monastery and Lantana summer house (1684) surrounded
by a park.
POLJANA (44° 05'N; 15° 12'E), village (pop. 448
in 1991) and cove on the E coast of Ugljan, N of Preko.
Approach: Landmarks: the round green tower with a column
and gal- lery (green light) on the shoal (2 m) some 100m
of Sv Petar point and the red iron column (red light) on
the breakwater S off the entrance point can be easily identified.
When entering the cove care should be taken of the shoal
SE of Sv Petar point. Yachts should not navigate between
the round green tower (green light) and Sv Petar point.
In the harbour care should be taken of the submerged rocks
off the N coast, between the chapel and the first house.
The cove is exposed to E and SE winds.
Limited provisions and water available.
PREKO (44° 06'N; 15° 02'E), village (pop. 1,759
in 1991) and small harbour on the E coast of Ugljan, opposite
Zadar.
Approach: The landmarks include the wooded islet of Galovac
with the monastery, the red column (red light) on the head
of the breakwater and the white tower (green light) on the
ferry pier. The harbour consists of a northern and a southern
part. A high- tension cable spans the passage between Galovac
and Ugljan (10 m).
Mooring: The S part of the harbour is exposed to the bora;
the N (inner) part is protected from all winds. Yachts drawing
up to 1.2m moor along the breakwater in the S part of the
harbour and on the outer, S pier in the N part of the harbour.
The ferry uses the pier 300 m SE off the village. The anchorage
(depth 510 m), situated off the village N of Galovac, is
exposed to the bora.
Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office,
medical service and chemist's. Provisions from local shops,
mains water supply; fuel at the pump on the pier, some 50m
from the ferry pier.
Car-ferry line: PrekoZadar.
Sights: Remnants of ancient buildings (a cistern, mosaics)
in the Gradina area; the Romanesque church of Sv Ivan Krstitelj
(St John the Baptist, 12/13 C), Gospa od Ruzarija church
(Our Lady of the Rosary, 1765). Galovac islet: Franciscan
monastery (until 14/15 C Pauline, renovated in 16 C) with
Sv Pavle church (St Paul, 1569) and library (from 15 C);
park with subtropical vegetation. Sveti Mihovil on the hill
of the same name (256 m), first a Benedictine then a Dominican
monastery, converted into a fortress by the Venetians in
1202, was their main observation post for the Zadar archipelago.
KALI (44° 04'N; 15° 12'E), small town (pop. 2,245
in 1991) and fishing harbour on the NE coast of Ugljan.
Approach: Landmarks: the red column (red light) on the head
of the E breakwater, the belfry in the village and the islet
of Osljak (white light) NE of the harbour.
Mooring: The harbour is exposed to N winds, which causes
a sea in it. Yachts drawing up to 3.5m can moor on the inner
end of the masonry breakwaters and in the inner harbour
(depth 0.52 m); the inner harbour is mostly occupied by
fishing yachts.
Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions
and water available.
Minor repairs to marine engines can be undertaken at the
local workshop. Hauling-out facility. Zadar repair shipyard
in Lamjana Vela bay.
Each year on August 10 a fishermen's festivity (Kaljska
ribarska noc) is held here with a fishing yacht regatta
and other competi- tions.
KUKLJICA (44° 02'N; 15° 15'E), village (pop. 868
in 1991) and small harbour in the cove of the same name
in the south- easternmost part of Ugljan.
Approach: Landmarks: the apartment settlement at the entrance
to the harbour, the round green tower with a column and
gallery (green light) on the head of the N breakwater, the
islet of Misnjak (some 0.8M southeast of the cove) and the
church in the village.
Mooring: The cove is sheltered from the bora and northerlies
and the harbour from all winds. Yachts can moor along the
breakwater or, using the four-point moor, along the quay.
There are several small jetties in the W part of the cove.
In the middle of the cove the depth is between 1.5 and 6
m. A good anchorage is in the middle of the harbour (depth
56 m).
Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions
and water available; fuel at the petrol station in Preko.
A yachtyard for wooden craft with a slipway for medium-sized
yachts.
On August 5 each year there is a traditional religious ceremony
of carrying Our Lady of the Snow from the chapel (Mali Zdrelac)
to Kukljica; more than 100 yachts take part in it.
Sights: Sv Petar i Pavao church (SS Peter and Paul, 1666,
Glagol- itic inscriptions), the Romanesque-Gothic church
of Sv Jerolim.
LAMJANA VELA and LAMJANA MALA, two coves on the south-westernmost
coast of Ugljan, in Srednji kanal.
There is a fish and mussel farm in Lamjana Mala and navigation
for yachts over 16m in length and engine over 60 kW (81
HP) is prohibited from sunset to sunrise; the speed limit
is 7 knots. Because of the Zadar shipyard in Lamjana Vela,
a permit must be obtained from the shipyard office before
entering the cove.
MULINE (44° 08.3'N; 15° 04.5'E), cove and village
(pop. about 250 in 1991) on the NW coast of Ugljan in Veli
Zdrelac passage; the fairway is not marked by lights and
navigation is possible only by day.
Mooring: Yachts drawing up to 3m can moor along the masonry
part of the pier. The cove is protected from all winds and
seas except those from the SW quadrant. During the SW winds
it is recommended to anchor 0.4 M north off the SE point
of the island of Rivanj.
Facilities: Limited provisions and water available in the
village of Donje Selo (E part of the cove).
Sights: Remnants of a prehistoric fort and of early Christian
buildings (basilica, small chapel, mausoleum, villa rustica).
ISLAND OF PASMAN
MALI ZDRELAC, passage between the islands of Ugljan and
Pasman connecting Zadarski kanal and Srednji kanal. The
bridge across it has a vertical clearance of 16.5 m.
Approach: The fairway is marked by 7 coast lights and two
tri- angular reflecting marks (red or green); the bridge
piers (3m above sea-level) are painted in red or green reflecting
colours (height about 1 m); they mark the sides of the passage
(lateral system). Coming from Srednji kanal the starboard
hand is marked by green towers (green flashes) and the port
hand with red towers (red flashes); in the middle part of
Zdrelac harbour, on the fairway axis (270m N of the bridge)
is a cardinal mark (a black and yellow tower, white flashes)
surmounted by two black cones points downwards keep S of
the mark. Coming from Zadarski kanal, after passing the
islet of Misnjak, steer for the red tower on a base in the
sea (whitered sector light) some 150m off the chapel of
Gospa od Sniga on Zaglav point and the green tower on a
stone block in the sea (green light) on Artina point.
Warning: The speed limit in the passage is 8 knots. Anchoring,
stopping and fishing is prohibited. Yachts coming from Zadarski
kanal have right of way.
Mali Zdrelac passage is sheltered from all winds. Under
the bridge the tidal currents may attain a rate of 4 knots.
ZZDRELAC (44° 01' N; 15° 17'E), village (pop. 258
in 1991) and small harbour (Sv Luka) on the northernmost
coast of Pasman.
Approach: Shape course for the chapel in the cemetery (E
of the entrance) and the red column (former light) on the
head of the breakwater.
Mooring: The harbour is a good all-round shelter. Yachts
drawing up to 1.5m can moor at the mole. Good anchorage
for yachts draw- ing less than 4 m.
Facilities: Post office. Provisions and water available.
BANJ (44° 00'N; 15° 18'E), village (pop. 256 in
1991) and cove in the NE part of Pasman. Wooded slopes.
Good anchorage for smaller yachts.
Facilities: Provisions and water available.
DOBROPOLJANA (43° 59'N;15° 20'E), village (pop.
402 in 1991) and small cove in the N part of Pasman.
Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from S and W winds. Along
the waterfront are berths for yachts drawing up to 2.5m
only. E of the L-shaped pier (under construction) is a 120
m long L-shaped breakwater made from piled stones.
NEVIANE (43° 58.5'N; 15° 21'E), village (pop. 628
in 1991) and cove on the NE coast of Pasman.
Approach: Landmarks: the belfry and the houses in the olive
groves, the red tower with a column and gallery (red light)
on the head of the breakwater.
Mooring: The breakwater affords good shelter for smaller
yachts from SE and SW winds; the cove is exposed to the
bora and the northerlies.
Facilities: Post office. Provisions and water available.
Sights: Adjoining the church of Gospa od Zdravlja (Our Lady
of Salvation, 19 C) are the ruins of a church (1670); in
the cemetery the ruins of Sv Mihovil church (St Michael,
990), W of the village is Sv Martin church (St Martin, 11
C, ruins).
PASMAN (43° 57.5'N; 15° 23.5'E), village (pop. 452
in 1991) and small harbour at the narrowest part of Pasmanski
kanal.
Approach: Landmarks include the round green tower with an
open framework structure (green light) on the head of the
E breakwater and the belfry in Lucina cove, NE of the village.
Entering and leaving harbour is difficult because of the
strong currents at the entrance (see Pasmanski kanal).
Mooring: The harbour is protected from all winds except
the north-westerlies. The inner harbour is mainly occupied
by local fishing yachts. Smaller yachts can moor along the
breakwater. Depth in the harbour 14 m.
Facilities: Post office, medical service. Provisions and
water available.
Sights: Ro|enje Marijino church (Birth of Our Lady, 9 C?,
enlarged in 18 C); two early Croatian chapels in Pasman
Mali.
TKON (43° 55'N; 15° 25'E), village (pop. 752 in
1991) and small harbour on the SE coast of the island of
Pasman.
Approach: Landmarks: the belfry and chapel with part of
the monastery (90m above sea-level), NW of the village;
on the head of the breakwater is a red tower with a column
and gallery (red light).
Mooring: The harbour is protected from all winds and seas.
Smaller yachts can moor along the breakwater (depth 1.52.5
m). Some 200m SE of the harbour is the landing-place (red
tower with a column and gallery, red light) used by the
car-ferry. A part of the quay (some 45 m) is damaged and
cannot be used for landing or m
Mooring:
Facilities: Post office. Limited provisions (self-service
shop) and water; fuel at the petrol station in Biograd.
Repairs to marine engines can be undertaken.
Car-ferry line: TkonBiograd.
Sights: The summer residence of the d'Erco family (17 C);
on Cokovac Hill (90 m) the ruins of the Benedictine monastery
with Sv Kuzma i Damjan church (SS Cosmas and Damian, 13671418).
TRILUKE (43° 53.5'N; 15° 27'E), uninhabited cove
on the southern- most coast of Pasman, some 0.5M west of
Borovnjak point.
Approach: When approaching from N and NE larger yachts should
take care of the shoals S of Borovnjak point (4.8 m) and,
near the E coast, of the islet of Zizanj (4.6 m).
Mooring: The cove is protected from all winds but the sirocco
sends in a sea and makes it untenable. Good anchorage for
yachts of all sizes.
SOLINE (43° 55.6'N; 14° 21.6'E), cove on the SW
coast of the island of Pasman.
Approach: Zaglav Hill (127 m) on the S side can be easily
identi- fied.
Mooring: The SE part of the cove is sheltered from all winds
(the north-westerlies cause a swell). Smaller yachts anchor
in the SE part of the cove (submerged reefs are visible
during the low tide), and in the NW part of the cove (depth
28 m). Larger yachts anchor in the middle of the cove (depth
1622 m). During the bora, yachts at anchor should secure
ashore as well.
ISLAND OF ZVERINAC
ZVERINAC (44° 10'N; 14° 55'E), village (pop. 59
in 1991) in the cove of the same name on the SW coast of
the island of Zverinac.
Approach: Landmarks: the houses in the village and the belfry
at the head of the cove can be seen from afar.
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