Useful Information

PENINSULA ISTRA

TRGET (45° 01.4'N; 14° 03.4'E), small village (pop. 55 in 1991) and point at the end of Rasa inlet.

Approach: Green tower with post and gallery (green light) on Trget point about 0.2M northwest of town.

Mooring: Small yachts can berth beside the two small piers (four-point moor). The bora from the E is strongly felt.

Harbour branch office and customs.

Facilities: Water from the mains, shops in Rasa and Labin.

BRSICA (45° 01.8'N; 14° 03'E), cove and harbour at the bottom of the Rasa inlet serving Rasa and Labin (pop. 9,036 in 1991). Timber wharf off E shore of cove and livestock wharf at Tpier.

Approach: Steep whitish cutting behind a concrete platform; three harbour cranes, iron tower (light green) on Trget point.

Mooring: There is a masonry waterfront NW of the steep pier. Small craft can only moor at the small number of buoys. The sirocco is felt here with great force, the bora is fierce and blows in gusts.

Harbour branch office, customs and post office in Trget (1.5km).

Warning: Alluvial sediments brought down by the Rasa river causes variation in the depth of the sea which may be as much as 1m. When the river is in spate after rain, currents may make it difficult to manoeuvre and sail into or out of the inlet.

Facilities: Water hydrant on the shore, provisions in shops in Rasa and Labin.

TUNARICA (44° 58.4'N; 14° 05.8'E), wide cove on the E side of the Rasa inlet, SE of Sv Mikula point.

Approach: Landmark: on the entrance point to N is a red column and post with gallery (red light).

Mooring: The cove is sheltered from all winds. Smaller vessels can moor beside the pier or anchor in the N cove (several stone blocks allow four-point moor).