Trogir
via Vis & Korčula.
Saturday-to-Saturday yacht route from ACI Trogir via Šolta, Vis, the Blue Cave, Korčula, Hvar and Stari Grad — full sailor brief with distances, marinas and mooring notes.
Day-by-day route
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Trogir → Maslinica (Šolta)
12 nm south from ACI Trogir into Maslinica on the western tip of Šolta — the only proper natural harbour on the island, fully sheltered behind a chain of seven islets at the entrance.
Distance
7 NM
Sailing
~1.4h at 5 kn
Route at a glance
Route summary
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Day-by-day journey
Named anchorages, restaurants, and route notes for every leg of the week — written by sailors who've actually run this passage.
Trogir → Maslinica (Šolta)
Out of ACI Marina Trogir the route bends south for the 12-mile crossing to Maslinica on Šolta. ACI Trogir sits on the western side of Čiovo, immediately east of the UNESCO old town of Trogir, and the leg out is straightforward — clear the Trogir bridge channel, push south past the southern coast of Čiovo, and round the western tip into Šolta's wide bay. Maslinica is the deep S-shaped natural harbour walled by hills on the village side and broken open seaward by a chain of seven small islets that kill any swell. Mooring is split between Martinis Marchi Marina on the south side (lazy lines, baroque-castle hotel attached) and the village quay on the north side (stern-to with own anchor). Šolta is the closest island to Split but the quietest in the central group — no day-tripper traffic, no resort overlay, konobas running on Šoltansko olive oil and the indigenous Dobričić red. The afternoon move is to walk across to Polebrnjak islet at the western entrance, swim from the rocks, and watch the open-Adriatic sunset before settling in for dinner ashore.
Things to do
Walk into the Martinis Marchi castle courtyard
Order the Dobričić red, Šolta’s indigenous grape
Dinghy across to Stipanska island for the swim path
Sample Šoltansko olive oil at the village shop
Watch the sunset from Polebrnjak islet at the bay entrance
Mooring tip
Martinis Marchi Marina (south side) has lazy lines and full services — book ahead in July–August. Village quay (north side) takes stern-to with own anchor for a modest fee. Bay is fully sheltered from S, SW, W and NW thanks to the islet chain at the entrance; only N gradient (rare in summer) is exposed.
Maslinica → Komiža (Vis)
Twenty-four miles south to Komiža is the longest open-water leg of the week, and the route crosses past the southern coast of Brač with the wide Hvar Channel opening up on the port quarter as you push out. Vis is the most westerly inhabited Croatian island, until 1989 a closed Yugoslav military zone, and the relative absence of resort development is still visible across the island. Komiža sits on the western side, a working fishing port wrapped around a small bay; the harbour is split between the inner basin (stern-to with own anchor on a sand-and-weed bottom, mostly good holding) and the outer wall (open to SW swell, unsuitable overnight). The town itself is small enough to walk in fifteen minutes — the working fishing fleet on the eastern side of the harbour, the Fishermen's Museum in the old Venetian tower (open afternoons), and the konoba scene built around grilled bogueroni and the indigenous Vugava white. The Komiža sunset is the best in central Dalmatia by a clear margin — the western horizon is uninterrupted to Italy.
Things to do
Walk the working fishing fleet on the eastern harbour
Order grilled bogueroni and a glass of Vugava at a konoba
Visit the Fishermen's Museum in the Venetian tower
Hike up Mount Hum (587 m) for the 360° view
Watch the open-Adriatic sunset from the harbour wall
Mooring tip
Stern-to with own anchor on the inner basin of Komiža town quay — sand and weed, mostly good holding, harbour fee. Outer wall is exposed to SW swell and not safe overnight. If SW gradient is forecast above 15 kn, push 6 nm north to Vis Town in St. George Bay, which is fully sheltered.
Komiža → Biševo – Budihovac – Vela Luka
The day starts at the Blue Cave on Biševo, where the underwater opening lights the cavern interior an unreal ultramarine only between roughly 09:00 and 11:00. Tie alongside the small concession quay outside the entrance (no overnight, lunchtime fee paid at the kiosk) and queue for one of the official tenders that ferry visitors inside; private dinghies are not allowed in. Forty minutes in and out, then back on board for the second stop — Budihovac, a small twin-islet pair off the southern coast of Vis with one of the cleanest and most photographed swim anchorages in the central Adriatic. Drop the hook in 6–8 metres on a pale sand floor and swim once before lunch on board. The afternoon push is 18 miles east into Vela Luka, the deep west-facing harbour at the end of Korčula — full town services, fuel pump at the western end of the quay, excellent shelter. Konoba dinner runs on žrnovski makaruni, the hand-rolled local pasta.
Things to do
Queue for the Blue Cave tender between 09:00 and 10:30
Swim at Budihovac twin islet on the southern coast of Vis
Anchor in clean turquoise water in 6–8 m sand
Order žrnovski makaruni at a Vela Luka konoba
Walk the Vela Luka waterfront promenade at dusk
Mooring tip
Vela Luka offers stern-to with own anchor on the long town quay — modest fee, water and power, fuel pump at the western end. Holding is excellent in mud and sand. Bay is fully sheltered from N, NE and E; only S gradient above 18 kn pushes any swell into the inner harbour.
Vela Luka → Hvar
Thirty-two miles east-northeast is the longest single passage of the week. Start at first light to clear the Korčula Channel before the prevailing W Maestral fills in around 14:00 — once it builds, the wind sits squarely on the beam for the remaining 18 miles into Hvar Channel. The destination is Hvar Town, the loudest and most photographed harbour on the entire Croatian coast in summer. The skyline is unmistakable: the 16th-century Fortica fortress rising over the rooftops, the Arsenal's stone arches on the seafront, the Cathedral of St. Stephen marking the central square. ACI Marina Hvar sits on the western side of the bay and is the only practical overnight option for a 12-metre yacht in anything more than a flat calm — book ahead, lazy lines provided, water and power on every berth. The town quay (riva) accepts mooring against a fee but it fills with tour boats, taxi rides and superyacht tenders by midday, plus there is no protection from the afternoon Maestral funnel. Use the marina, walk in, climb the Fortica before the heat, then settle in for the konoba dinner in the back lanes off the central square.
Things to do
Climb the Fortica before midday for the Pakleni view
Walk the Arsenal and St. Stephen's Cathedral on the main square
Stand a round at one of the back-lane konobas
Take the lavender shop tour off Trg Sv. Stjepana
Watch the harbour traffic from the marina seawall after dark
Mooring tip
ACI Marina Hvar is mandatory in any wind — book ahead, lazy lines provided, water and power on every berth. Town quay accepts boats by the hour for a stiff fee but is exposed to W gusts and crowded with tenders; not viable overnight in season.
Hvar → Stari Grad
Fourteen miles clockwise around the western tip of Hvar takes you to Stari Grad, set deep in a long fjord-like bay on the island's north coast. Stari Grad is the oldest town in Croatia, founded as Greek Pharos in 384 BC by colonists from Paros; the original Greek street grid is still visible in the central old town, and the surrounding Stari Grad Plain — the large agricultural plateau east of the town — is UNESCO-listed as one of the oldest continuously cultivated landscapes in Europe (the original Greek field divisions are still in use 2,400 years later). Mooring is straightforward: the town quay accepts stern-to with own anchor for a harbour fee on the entire western side of the bay, and a small ACI Marina Stari Grad sits on the eastern side with lazy lines and shore power for the all-weather option. Tvrdalj Castle, the 16th-century fortified residence of the poet Petar Hektorović with its famous freshwater fishpond, is the headline historical stop.
Things to do
Walk inland through the UNESCO Stari Grad Plain
Visit Tvrdalj Castle and Hektorović's freshwater fishpond
Walk the Greek-grid streets in the central old town
Bike the lavender belt road east of Stari Grad
Order peka at a Stari Grad Plain konoba (book 3 hours ahead)
Mooring tip
Town quay stern-to with own anchor — modest harbour fee, water and power on the central section. ACI Marina Stari Grad on the eastern side has lazy lines and is the all-weather alternative. Bay is fjord-shaped and fully sheltered in any wind direction; one of the most reliable overnight bays on Hvar.
Stari Grad → Milna
Twelve miles north across the Brač Channel takes you to Milna, the deep, narrow inlet on Brač's western coast. The bay has been a working harbour since the Venetian era and the entrance is unmistakable — the 17th-century parish church on the inner quay, stone houses stepping back from the water, the inner basin narrowing into a sheltered overnight pocket. Stern-to mooring with own anchor on the inner town quay for a modest harbour fee, water and power on the central section. Outer half of the bay is the anchorage — drop the hook in 6–10 metres on sand, take a stern line to the rocks if the afternoon Maestral builds. Brač is famous for the white limestone (the same stone used for Diocletian's Palace and quarried for centuries at Pučišća on the north coast) and for lamb under the peka, the village's three-hour Sunday lunch tradition. Order the peka the moment you tie up.
Things to do
Order lamb under the peka three hours before dinner
Walk to the parish church on the inner quay
Anchor with stern line to rocks in the outer bay
Sample Brač's olive oil at the village agricultural cooperative
Dinghy 3 nm north to Bobovišća for a glassy sunset swim
Mooring tip
Stern-to on the inner town quay with own anchor — modest harbour fee, water and power on the central stretch. Outer bay accepts free anchoring with stern line to rocks. Open SW to W; if afternoon Maestral builds above 15 kn, the inner quay stays comfortable. Bobovišća (3 nm N) is the all-weather alternative.
Milna → Trogir
The final leg is fifteen miles northwest from Milna across the Brač and Split Channels back into ACI Marina Trogir. Saturday handover protocol applies: the boat must be back at base by 09:00 with fuel topped, holding tanks emptied, decks rinsed and inventory checked, with the skipper available for the off-going inspection between 08:00 and 09:00. The course passes the southern coast of Čiovo on the run northwest, with a string of small swimming bays along its southern shore; Slatine and Saldun are the obvious choices for a final dip before pushing west into the marina entrance. Once the inspection is clear, ACI Trogir is a 5-minute walk from Trogir's UNESCO old town. The Cathedral of St. Lawrence with the 13th-century Radovan portal — one of the most important pieces of medieval Croatian sculpture — is the headline stop. The Kamerlengo fortress on the western tip of the old town is the panoramic alternative. Split airport is 10 minutes north by car; a long lunch on Trogir Riva closes the week.
Things to do
Stop for a final swim off the south coast of Čiovo
Top up fuel and pump out before the 09:00 inspection
Walk Trogir UNESCO old town and the Cathedral's Radovan portal
Climb the Kamerlengo fortress on the western tip of Trogir
Stand a long lunch on Trogir Riva before the transfer
Mooring tip
Return into ACI Marina Trogir per your charter contract — base manager directs the slot. Saturday handover window 08:00–09:00; arrive by 17:00 Friday if your contract specifies night-before return. Fuel pontoon is on the western entrance side of the marina.
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