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25 June 2007- the new notices to mariners page now on-line!

Internet cafes
on the
Dalmatian and Istrian coasts.
Click here to view the
list which I hope
to add to regularly.

Updates to pilots for those
cruising in Dalmatia
available here.
Help me keep these notices up-to-date!

The lighthouse on the southern tip of Vis at dawn

News

There is a new Traffic Separation System operational as of 1st July in the Northern Adriatic between Istria and the Italian coast. Download it HERE!

Notices to Mariners:

I am currently working on a new page which will offer the official notices to mariners published by the hydrographic offices, but also and above all, any noted changes to published pilots, as well as points of interest. All supplied by a leading publisher of pilots and the members of my sailing club. Early stages yet, but now on-line! CLICK HERE!

Leds

HEre's a good source of sea-proof LEDs for all lighting needs aboard - made by people who understand the ocean. Buy in Fiji - you know it makes sense! Bebi now!

Regulations:

Don't forget that there are newish regulations as of 2005 regarding crew lists and chartering in Croatia. The regulations are available here. For instance, the maximum number of crew allowed per annum is twice the yacht's capacity + 30%. Hence a boat authorised to carry 8 can place 21 people on its list for Croatia.

If you have any suggestions to make about the site, or requests about sailing in Dalmatia generally,
write to me HERE

Links to sailing pages:

... but first, do take a note of the following link. If you love the sea and sailing, like me you must feel an affinity for the albatross, that extraordinary oceangoing king of the seas. Well, it's heading for extinction. These splendid birds are being unintentionally drowned in large numbers by "longline" fishing boats. Longlining is the single greatest threat to the world's seabirds. Much of it is carried out by "pirate" fishing boats.
See HERE how you can help.

Please do what you can to help save the albatross before it's too late!!

Adriatic Sea - strictly sailing:

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Dalmatian pilot A new pilot for Dalmatia IN ENGLISH and available from UK outlets. Slim in the locker and on the pocket. Recommended!

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1000 waypoints in Dalmatia The same publisher offers a slim volume costing ¤ 11 containing 1000 waypoints from the Italo-Slovene border down as far as Albania. Dot-to-dot sailing!

Sail Croatia A good map-based site listing all the marinas in Croatia, with their websites and contact numbers. Recommended.

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Sailingcroatia.net A site dedicate to the Adriatic by a Dutch sailor, offering general navigational information and links. In English.

ACI marinas in Croatia This link will take you to the home page of ACI marinas, the largest marina company in Croatia, operating effectively all the main Dalmatian marinas except Zara. The site (partly in English) includes weather and all the daily, monthly and annual berthing charges for their marinas.

Koper (Capodistria) Marina Price-list and details of Slovenia's northernmost marina. 75 moorings and travel lift.

Izola Marina By far the largest of Slovenia's few marinas. 620 moorings and all the services. It's just round the corner from pretty Piran. About 45 minutes from Trieste, 1hr 15mins to the airport.

Slovene Sailing Federation The Slovene Sailing Federation's official site.

Adriatic online Early days for a comprehensive look at sailing in the Adriatic.

Charts for Dalmatia Great site enabling you to zoom in on Croatian charts.

Ports in Dalmatia and Istria Detailed official guide to Croatia's ports.

Kvarner sailing From the above, five nautical itineraries for yachtsmen

Ports in Italy Italian portolan.

Hydrographic Institute of Croatia Includes on-line tidal info., catalogue of charts and notices to mariners.

Charter companies List of charter companies plus web-sites

Croatian charter: Yacht-Rent 2026 charter boats along the whole Adriatic coast from 70 charter companies.

Smarter Sailing Here's an Ireland-based charter company specialising in Croatia with boats on offer up and down the coast.

Adriatic marinas List of marinas throughout the Adriatic plus websites and contact details

Porec marina A marina in this pretty Istrian town with a fine Byzantine basilica.

Veruda marina This marina is behind Pula at the tip of Istria. Well sheltered.

Punat marina This one is in a large bay on Krk (Veglia).

Zadar marina A major stopping off place and tourist centre.

Italian coastguard The Italian coastguard site. In Italian but with a reduced content also in English.

Porto San Rocco, Muggia (TS) The newest marina in the area: a would-be Port Grimaud next to the Slovene border. In English, Italian and German.

The Barcolana regatta Official site of the biggest regatta in the Mediterranean!

The Barcolana - pics Photos of the regatta by Franco Pace. Proving there's more to taking good pics of boats than mixing plastic (or wood) and water!

Y.C. Adriaco A century-old yacht club. Italian.

ST Vela My yacht club. History and regattas.

Franco Pace Home page of the Trieste-based, world-renowned boaty photographer. Lots of mouth-watering photos.

Cadei marina, Monfalcone Next door but one to Nautec. Another small marina offering travel lift, repairs and so on. Very well sheltered.

Marina San Giusto, Trieste A marina just 100 metres from Trieste's main square. Great for a short visit.

Marina Hannibal, Monfalcone Another marina near Monfalcone. The site appears to be undergoing refurbishment.

Marina Lepanto, Monfalcone Yet another marina (next door to Nautec. More pretentious and geared more to motor boats. Site in Italian, English and German.

Marinas in Italy A site showing all or nearly all the Italian marinas in the Adriatic. Very useful.

Darsena San Marco, Grado A prettily located marina in Grado, a must-see little town in its lagoon.

Cantiere Alto Adriatico Based near Monfalcone, this company will undertake all repairs/restorations of wooden yachts. They recently restored Dyarchy, the 1934 Laurent Giles cutter.

Dalmatian coast - tourist info:

Croatian tourist board site Useful general site.

Zadar General information for the Zadar (Zara) area, including listings for local marinas.

Island of Vis All about the Island of Vis and how to get here. Briefly British during the war with Napoleon and site of two major sea-battles. English and Croatian.

Tourism in Croatia Lots of general info on Croatia, including lighthouses for holiday rentals!

Internet cafes and WiFi WiFi hotspots and Internet cafés along the Dalmatian coast

Split Everything you wanted to know about Split (Spalato) from the town's tourist office.

Kvarner General site about the Kvarner region: Cres, Lrk, Losinj islands and mainland around Rijeka.

Dubrovnik telephones Dubrovnik: listings of important tel. nos.: airport, fire, police, etc.

Dubrovnik The official Dubrovnik tourist agency with all the usual stuff.

Croatia info Croatian tourist site specialising in accomodation in Dugi Otok area.

Ferries and transport for the Adriatic:

Jadrolinija The largest company operating up and down the Croatian coast and to Italy.

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Agemar A ferry company operating year-round between Trieste and Durres in Albania, and between Durres and Bari.

Losinjplov A new ferry service from Koper (Capodistria) to Zadar (Zara) via some intervening islands. Very handy!

Sem Maritime Ferry service from Ancona to Mali Losinj, Zadar, Vis, Split and Hvar. Also inter-island routes by ferry and cat.

Autotrans The all-important bus service up and down Croatia's coast

Anek Greek ferries from Venice and Ancona to Greece.

On-line ferry service Check out times and book for any ferry (almost) in the Mediterranean.

Enemar A new ferry line between Chioggia (near Venice) and Split.

Snav More ferries and cats across the Adriatic, including 3 hour trip Zadar to Ancona.

Rapska-Plovidba A local company operating between Rab and Jablanac.

Lossinjska Plovidba Another local ferry company in the Kvarner region.

Venezia Lines Venice to a host of destinations in Istria and the Kvarner.

Miatours Cats from Zadar to Dugi Otok..

Gulf of Trieste Local boat services in the Gulf of Trieste: Muggia to Monfalcone.

Italian railways Train times for the whole of Italy

Trieste airport Trieste airport with a daily Ryanair flight from London. Bus times to Trieste and other towns. In English too.

Dubrovnik airport All the usual airport details and in English too.

Split airport All the usual airport details and in English too.

Zadar airport All the usual airport details and in English too.

Bus from Trieste airport Bus service linking up with the Ryanair flight to/from the Slovenian coast.

Trieste, Friuli -Venezia Giulia and Slovenia:

Tourism in Friuli-Venezia Giulia If you're flying to Trieste (daily flights from London!), come and see what the whole region offers (lots!).

Tourism in Slovenia Lots to see here too! Plus useful practical information on how to get here.

Trieste maps Maps of Trieste. Italian.

Meteorology:

Italian air force Italy's official meteo office. 6-hourly updates of marine conditions in Italian and English.

Croatian meteo office And here's the official Croatian weather site in Croatian and English.

General weather Non-boaty Italian weather. Italian

Dalmatian weather Official forecasts from the Split meteorological office. The biz.

More weather and winds Boaty weather. Italian.

Slovene weather Boaty weather.

Le Météo More weather, this time in French.

Trieste weather Weather in Trieste. Italian.

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Metsea Croatian marine weather reports via SMS direct to your phone!

More boaty stuff for yotties:

Onpassage.com for cruisers A worldwide resource for cruising sailors. Essential reading!

UK sailing magazine: YBW Magazine yachting site there is. Excellent forums providing useful advice.

Sailnet Very good US site with useful practical information.

Boating links

Bolina The best Italian sailing site. Links to weather pages too. Italian.

Sails galore A-Z of sails.

Mare di carta Italian nautical bookshop on-line, including charts etc. Also in English.

Boats for sale A selection of boats for sale.

Barca vela Another Italian magazine web site. In Italian.

Sailing Channel Satellite channel entirely dedicated to boats and sailing. Now in English, Italian and French.

Centurion 32 The Centurion 32 boat-owners' site. Great boat....!!

Metric/imperial converter A useful resource for those of you still used to imperial measurements and weights and want to convert figures to metric (or vice versa). No fathoms here, though!

Currency converter And while we're at it, here's a currency converter...

Timezone converter ... and a timezone converter.

Engine manuals An invaluable site for finding hard-to-get engine manuals - downloadable in pdf format.

Engines forum More links and info about engines, including a forum for users. Could be useful one day...

Argentina A host of useful links for yachtsmen heading for South America.

Search:

Keywords:

For all books about sailing: narratives, pilot books, 'how to...', etc. Book your Amazon books here and do me a favour!

Manuals and technical assistance:
Note: the copyright for each of the manuals below belongs as noted in each. I am putting them here as a service for yachtsmen who might be stuck somewhere and need a hand. The usual caveats apply.

The 12V electrician's handbook Watch out!! 10.5MB. This is a pdf file

The 12V electrician's handbook The same but stuffed (for Mac) Still 9.2 MB

The alternator handbook More electrics. 6MB

The splicing handbook Which says it all, really. 1MB

The Trieste Challenge, Trieste, September 2006 7/2005

new!	Dalmatian pilot	A new pilot for Dalmatia IN ENGLISH and available from UK outlets. Slim in the locker and on the pocket. Recommended!
new!	1000 waypoints in Dalmatia	The same publisher offers a slim volume costing ¤ 11 containing 1000 waypoints from the Italo-Slovene border down as far as Albania. Dot-to-dot sailing!
	Sail Croatia	A good map-based site listing all the marinas in Croatia, with their websites and contact numbers. Recommended.
new!	Sailingcroatia.net	A site dedicate to the Adriatic by a Dutch sailor, offering general navigational information and links. In English.
	ACI marinas in Croatia	This link will take you to the home page of ACI marinas, the largest marina company in Croatia, operating effectively all the main Dalmatian marinas except Zara. The site (partly in English) includes weather and all the daily, monthly and annual berthing charges for their marinas.
	Koper (Capodistria) Marina	Price-list and details of Slovenia's northernmost marina. 75 moorings and travel lift.
	Izola Marina	By far the largest of Slovenia's few marinas. 620 moorings and all the services. It's just round the corner from pretty Piran. About 45 minutes from Trieste, 1hr 15mins to the airport.
	Slovene Sailing Federation	The Slovene Sailing Federation's official site.
	Adriatic online	Early days for a comprehensive look at sailing in the Adriatic.
	Charts for Dalmatia	Great site enabling you to zoom in on Croatian charts.
	Ports in Dalmatia and Istria	Detailed official guide to Croatia's ports.
	Kvarner sailing	From the above, five nautical itineraries for yachtsmen
	Ports in Italy	Italian portolan.
	Hydrographic Institute of Croatia	Includes on-line tidal info., catalogue of charts and notices to mariners.
	Charter companies	List of charter companies plus web-sites
	Croatian charter: Yacht-Rent	2026 charter boats along the whole Adriatic coast from 70 charter companies.
	Smarter Sailing	Here's an Ireland-based charter company specialising in Croatia with boats on offer up and down the coast.
	Adriatic marinas	List of marinas throughout the Adriatic plus websites and contact details
	Porec marina	A marina in this pretty Istrian town with a fine Byzantine basilica.
	Veruda marina	This marina is behind Pula at the tip of Istria. Well sheltered.
	Punat marina	This one is in a large bay on Krk (Veglia).
	Zadar marina	A major stopping off place and tourist centre.
	Italian coastguard	The Italian coastguard site. In Italian but with a reduced content also in English.
	Porto San Rocco, Muggia (TS)	The newest marina in the area: a would-be Port Grimaud next to the Slovene border. In English, Italian and German.
	The Barcolana regatta	Official site of the biggest regatta in the Mediterranean!
	The Barcolana - pics	Photos of the regatta by Franco Pace. Proving there's more to taking good pics of boats than mixing plastic (or wood) and water!
	Y.C. Adriaco	A century-old yacht club. Italian.
	ST Vela	My yacht club. History and regattas.
	Franco Pace	Home page of the Trieste-based, world-renowned boaty photographer. Lots of mouth-watering photos.
	Cadei marina, Monfalcone	Next door but one to Nautec. Another small marina offering travel lift, repairs and so on. Very well sheltered.
	Marina San Giusto, Trieste	A marina just 100 metres from Trieste's main square. Great for a short visit.
	Marina Hannibal, Monfalcone	Another marina near Monfalcone. The site appears to be undergoing refurbishment.
	Marina Lepanto, Monfalcone	Yet another marina (next door to Nautec. More pretentious and geared more to motor boats. Site in Italian, English and German.
	Marinas in Italy	A site showing all or nearly all the Italian marinas in the Adriatic. Very useful.
	Darsena San Marco, Grado	A prettily located marina in Grado, a must-see little town in its lagoon.
	Cantiere Alto Adriatico	Based near Monfalcone, this company will undertake all repairs/restorations of wooden yachts. They recently restored Dyarchy, the 1934 Laurent Giles cutter.

	Croatian tourist board site	Useful general site.
	Zadar	General information for the Zadar (Zara) area, including listings for local marinas.
	Island of Vis	All about the Island of Vis and how to get here. Briefly British during the war with Napoleon and site of two major sea-battles. English and Croatian.
	Tourism in Croatia	Lots of general info on Croatia, including lighthouses for holiday rentals!
	Internet cafes and WiFi	WiFi hotspots and Internet cafés along the Dalmatian coast
	Split	Everything you wanted to know about Split (Spalato) from the town's tourist office.
	Kvarner	General site about the Kvarner region: Cres, Lrk, Losinj islands and mainland around Rijeka.
	Dubrovnik telephones	Dubrovnik: listings of important tel. nos.: airport, fire, police, etc.
	Dubrovnik	The official Dubrovnik tourist agency with all the usual stuff.
	Croatia info	Croatian tourist site specialising in accomodation in Dugi Otok area.

	Jadrolinija	The largest company operating up and down the Croatian coast and to Italy.
new!	Agemar	A ferry company operating year-round between Trieste and Durres in Albania, and between Durres and Bari.
	Losinjplov	A new ferry service from Koper (Capodistria) to Zadar (Zara) via some intervening islands. Very handy!
	Sem Maritime	Ferry service from Ancona to Mali Losinj, Zadar, Vis, Split and Hvar. Also inter-island routes by ferry and cat.
	Autotrans	The all-important bus service up and down Croatia's coast
	Anek	Greek ferries from Venice and Ancona to Greece.
	On-line ferry service	Check out times and book for any ferry (almost) in the Mediterranean.
	Enemar	A new ferry line between Chioggia (near Venice) and Split.
	Snav	More ferries and cats across the Adriatic, including 3 hour trip Zadar to Ancona.
	Rapska-Plovidba	A local company operating between Rab and Jablanac.
	Lossinjska Plovidba	Another local ferry company in the Kvarner region.
	Venezia Lines	Venice to a host of destinations in Istria and the Kvarner.
	Miatours	Cats from Zadar to Dugi Otok..
	Gulf of Trieste	Local boat services in the Gulf of Trieste: Muggia to Monfalcone.
	Italian railways	Train times for the whole of Italy
	Trieste airport	Trieste airport with a daily Ryanair flight from London. Bus times to Trieste and other towns. In English too.
	Dubrovnik airport	All the usual airport details and in English too.
	Split airport	All the usual airport details and in English too.
	Zadar airport	All the usual airport details and in English too.
	Bus from Trieste airport	Bus service linking up with the Ryanair flight to/from the Slovenian coast.

	Tourism in Friuli-Venezia Giulia	If you're flying to Trieste (daily flights from London!), come and see what the whole region offers (lots!).
	Tourism in Slovenia	Lots to see here too! Plus useful practical information on how to get here.
	Trieste maps	Maps of Trieste. Italian.

	Italian air force	Italy's official meteo office. 6-hourly updates of marine conditions in Italian and English.
	Croatian meteo office	And here's the official Croatian weather site in Croatian and English.
	General weather	Non-boaty Italian weather. Italian
	Dalmatian weather	Official forecasts from the Split meteorological office. The biz.
	More weather and winds	Boaty weather. Italian.
	Slovene weather	Boaty weather.
	Le Météo	More weather, this time in French.
	Trieste weather	Weather in Trieste. Italian.
new!	Metsea	Croatian marine weather reports via SMS direct to your phone!

	The 12V electrician's handbook	Watch out!! 10.5MB. This is a pdf file
	The 12V electrician's handbook	The same but stuffed (for Mac) Still 9.2 MB
	The alternator handbook	More electrics. 6MB
	The splicing handbook	Which says it all, really. 1MB

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