Useful Information

MIDDLE ADRIATIC ISLANDS

ISLAND OF KRAPANJ

KRAPANJ (43° 40,4'N; 15° 55'E), village (pop. 2,513 in 1991) and small harbour in the S part of Sibenski kanal.

Approach: Shape course for the red tower (red light) on the breakwater.

Mooring: The bora blows with considerable force; the sirocco causes moderate waves. Yachts drawing up to 2m can moor at the breakwater or the E end of the pier. It is also possible to moor along the quay of the small boatyard (depth 2.5 m), some 500m W of the church (with the pointed roof).

Facilities: Post office, medical service, provisions (there is a supermarket in the village of Brodarica on the mainland). Water from tank trucks.

Krapanj has a sponge refinery and a workshop for cutting corals (traditional local craft; sponge diving since 1704).

Sights: Franciscan monastery and Sv Kriz church (Holy Cross, 14461523, expanded in 1626, cloister, art collection).

ISLAND OF ZUT

PINIZEL (43° 53'N; 15° 15'E), cove on the NW coast of the island, S of the islet of Pinizeli.

Approach: The shortest route from the open sea (from the W, the Sestrice lighthouse is conspicuous) is through the Proversa vela straits, and from Zadar through Mali Zdrelac. It is not advisable to navigate by night.

Mooring: The cove is sheltered from all winds except the northwesterlies. Off the cove is an improvised breakwater, in the cove are two small moles; depths in the small harbour 11.3 m; yachts should anchor off the breakwater and closer to the islet of Pinizelic.

Some 0.5km NW is the hamlet of Pinizelic, inhabited only during the summer.

ZUT (43° 53' N; 15° 18'E), wide cove on the NE coast of the island.

Approach: See Pinizel.

Mooring: The cove is protected from all winds. A good anchorage for larger vessels is in the middle of the cove (depth 3050 m). With the bora blowing, good shelter is afforded by the W cove of Pod razanj (depth 3 m). In S wind, the best anchorages are the E coves of Strunac and Saruscica (depth 1922 m).

Provisions and other facilities in Zut Marina.

ZUT MARINA (ACY) is situated in the cove of Pod Razanj (a part of Zut bay).

Capacity: 120 berths along the the floating fingers (running parallel to the coast); depth 2.58 m.

The marina operates only during the summer season.

It has reception office, restaurant, shop, duty-free shop, toilets and showers with hot water, water hook-up, fuel pump, sale of gas; general repairs. Three navigation and sailing courses organized by the Adriatic Nautical Academy (ACY).