Croatia Sailboat Charters

is located on the Adriatic Sea (part of the Mediterranean Sea), opposite Italy. The rocky coastline, which is great for sailing, continues for 1777 kilometres (1.104 miles) and includes coves backed by shady pine trees, wide pebbly and sandy beaches and cozy bays. Offshore Croatia consists of 1185 islands (47 inhabited) varying in size, with additional 4.012 kilometers (2.493 miles) of seaside. There are many sailing opportunities fot yachties, marvellous choice of beaches for sunbathers and paradise of sea life for

scuba divers to explore. The climate of Croatia’s coast and islands is pleasantly mild Mediterranean with a large number of sunny days. The best season for sailing in Croatia is early summer with
good winds in May and June mainly from the S/SE. Mornings tend to be calm with the wind increasing later in the afternoon to around 15 – 20 knots. The months of July and August see calmer conditions. Summer temperatures average between 26 to 30°C (79 to 86°F) and the sea temperature in summer is about 25ºC (77°F) .

are small and wind-driven, as opposed to gas-powered vessels. They are mainly used for sports and personal purposes. There is wide variety of sailboats such as keelboats, yachts, sailing dinghies, and skiffs. On the other side, there are a lot of companies offering a variety of affordable yachting holidays, providing the excitements of sailing to those with little or no experience. Sailing boats come with skippers so the vacationists can learn to sail if they want or just enjoy lazing around.

are perfect places for organizing important events like weddings, honeymoons, family vacations and business parties. People mostly choose boat charters because they make their holidays luxurious. You can freely choose your own route, set your own pace, decide on anchorage and stopovers, cuisines that you would like to have for every meal and activities like water sports and sight-seeing. A crew yacht charter vacation is like staying in a villa, pampered all the way, for much less than what you end up paying for a crowded cruise ship or a hotel stuck in the same location for the entire week.
There are three ways of chartering sailboats and yachts:

• Fully Crewed Yachts are larger and more luxurious than most hire boats, and prices usually include all meals and drinks.
• Bareboat Yachting means you charter the boat with no crew to assist. It is necessary for you to have former sailing experience and you need to submit a sailing resume to the charter company as well.
• Skippered Bareboat Yachting is ideal if you are interested in sailboat charter but don’t need a crew and have no experience to hire a bareboat – you can hire a skippered bareboat.