Useful Information

MIDDLE ADRIATIC ISLANDS

OPAT (43° 44'N; 15° 27'E), point and cove in the southeasternmost part of the island of Kornat.

Approach: The conical Mt Opat (108 m) and the stone cross on the S point of the point are conspicuous.

SW of the cove is a shoal (2.3 m). Approach the cove from SE in order to avoid it.

Mooring: The cove is open to the southerlies and prootected from the bora. The rocky coast is unsuitable for m

Mooring: Smaller yachts can anchor in the SE part of the cove (depth 4 m) or along the small stone pier, S of the houses (depth 1.5 m); good holding. Larger vessels can anchor at the entrance to the cove (depth 28 m), securing stern-to the shore.

There are many fishing boats in the cove.

LOPATICA (43° 47'N; 15° 20'E), cove in the central part of the W coast of Kornat, N of the island of Piskera (Jadra); on its S side is the islet of Koritnjak.

Approach: From the open sea: the hill (84 m) at the NW end of Piskera is conspicuous. Larger yachts should steer closer to Piskera to avoid the shoal (5.7 m).

Mooring: The cove is exposed to the south-easterlies and southwesterlies. With a strong sirocco blowing, take shelter in the cove on the island of Lavsa or in Piskera marina. Closer inshore, off the house, is a mole for small yachts (depth 11.5 m). Larger yachts anchor in the outer part of the cove in 1220 m, between the islands of Kornat and Koritnjak; good holding.

Provisions in Piskera.

VRULJA, also Vrulja Vela (43° 48'N; 15° 18'E), cove with a seasonally inhabited hamlet, on the W coast of Kornat, at the NW end of Kornatski kanal.

Approach: The cove may be approached from the open sea or from the inner side of the Kornati islets. Between the islets of Rasip mali and Mana are Kamicici reefs. A more interesting approach is through Kornatski kanal from the SE side. One of the landmarks when approaching the cove is the stone cross on Pivcena point, S of the entrance to the cove.

Mooring: The cove can be used for a longer stay. The anchorage is in the middle of the cove (depth 8-18 m), where there is also a small mole (depth 1.5 m). The E cove is shallow (depth at the heads of the small moles 1.52 m); fasten with rope ashore is possible. The SE part of the cove should be avoided (depth up to 1 m).

Facilities: Water from the cistern; other provisions in Piskera. Some 700m north-westwards is a weather station.

Sights: Remnants of Illyrian structures (walls, tumuli) and a Roman villa rustica.