CROATIA
Main: The gorgeous split level bar and restaurant at Opat.
Above: Holidaymakers enjoying the delights of the Krka Falls.
SLOVENIA
Biograd
ADRIA CROATIA
Split
ITALY
TIC CROATIA
ALBANIA
0 10 20
Krka
Waterfalls
Captivated
GREECE
Vrgada
SICILY miles
Betina
Skradin
Murtersko
Kornati More
O. Murter
Krka River
Tribunj
Uvla Vrsak
BY CROATIA
Vodice
Sailing Log
Opat Sibenik
O.Tijat
O. Privic
Biograd – Vrgada 5M
CROATIA CROATIA CROATIA CROATIA CROATIA
Vrgada – Skradin 26M O. Kaken
O. Kaprije
Skradin – Krapanj 13M
O. Zlarin
Krapanj – Tribunj 20M
O. Zirje
Tribunj – Rogoznica 17M
Rogoznica – Opat 21M
Opat – Biograd 11M
Total 113M
Rogoznica
the busy ferry terminal. The getting away nice and early, went into the small harbour mere K450 (£15) per head.
Kiriacoulis office is right by having been assured that this around to the east and moored I don’t know what happened
the main entrance and it was was to be. We used the dinghy alongside the ferry. The to the threatened southerly
there that we deposited our kit to motor across the marina cynic in me suggested that it wind that night, but we had
before retiring to the bar across to the supermarket, which was probably there that we enjoyed an excellent start to
the road for a couple of thirst- provided a very convenient would find another expensive our week away.
slaking beers. We were in no way of victualling the ship. restaurant in which we would
hurry, because we were a day We were ready for the off, feel obliged to eat, but decided DOWN TO KRKA
early for our charter, but the but no one else was. With our that discretion, as always, was The Sunday saw us continuing
operator had kindly arranged Bavaria 39 returning from the the better part of valour and SE, reaching out on a steady
for us to be able to sleep on a last charter with several faults, we retrieved our anchor. N F3-4, following the basic
spare boat for our first night. it was actually 1730 before we The harbour was charming, lie of the islands past Murter
slipped our mooring and set but unbelievably quiet. There down to Tijat, before turning
POSH NOSH off, motoring SE for Vrgada. was no sign of life at all as we E for the canal entrance at
Be warned! Biograd is just like The bay on the N side of this, attacked our first sundowner. Jadria. We then entered the
any other tourist town when one of the smaller islands from As the light faded we ventured inland waterway of the Krka
it comes to catching out the over a thousand that make up ashore, only to turn the first National Park. From the
unwary. Dinner that night for this region, looked to provide corner and discover a tiny, but channel entrance it is around
an adequate fish dinner was a reasonable anchorage for bustling village square. We 12M to the marina at Skradin,
a very expensive K1475 (£50 our first night away, but no walked around the harbour and but the gorges are stunning
per head). The fish is good, but sooner had the hook bitten found the equally busy Hotel and the inland lakes enormous.
can be extremely costly, so than a young guy appeared Adrijana that looked after The marina is first class
it’s best to check the price in a dinghy assuring us that us royally with the blackest with all facilities to hand for
before ordering. with an imminent southerly cuttlefish risotto I have ever K377 (£50 per night) and the
Saturday morning and wind we were in the wrong eaten and a good selection of historic Roman village itself is
we were looking forward to place. It would be better if we steaks and kebabs – all for a very picturesque. Plenty to >>
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