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Yachting in Croatia
Adriatic Sea with its beautiful coasts and thousand of islands is the best plase for yachting.
The end of spring (first half of summer) is the best time for yachting in Croatia. The yachting season can be divided into low season (from October till April), middle season (May, June, September) and high season (July, August). There are a lot various regattas and rallies during all these seasons.
Navigation in Croatia is regulated by the Sea code, which orders all yachts floating under a foreign flag, to have a vinjete (registration). After an entrance to Croatia each yacht under the foreign flag should enter the shortest way into the nearest port (the international frontier point) and to receive registration. While registration it is necessary to present: the certificate of registration in the register of boats of the state, under whose flag it goes, technical documents, the certificate of the property, documents of the captain for the right of management of yacht, names of members of the team and passengers on yacht and insurance. While registration you should to pay some taxes for coast guard service and service of lighthouse.
Seaports in Croatia: Umag, Porech, Rovin, Pula, Rush-Brshchitsa, Rijeka, Mali Loshin, Sen, Zadar, Shibenik, Split, Ploche, Metkovich, Vela Luka, Korchula, Ubli (Lastovo) and Dubrovnik.
There are some temporary sea frontier points which are opens during the summer period: ACI-Umag, Novigrad, Sali, Bozhava (Dugi Otok), Primoshten, Hvar, Vis and Tsavtat.
The price of mooring as a rule depends on the length of a yacht. The price usually includes an electricity, connection with water and garbage collection. The average price of mooring varies from 20 to 40 kuna for meter, in bays from 5 to 10 kuna for meter.
The weather forecast for sea travelers for the next 24 hours is transmitted 3 times a day in the Croatian and English languages on Rijeka radio, on radio Split and Dubrovnik radio. Also you can hear a weather forecast in local sea shipping companies in Pula, Rijeka, Shibenik, Split and Dubrovnik each 15 minutes in four languages: Croatian, English, German and Italian.
