Useful Information

MIDDLE ADRIATIC ISLANDS

SUHI RT (43° 52'N; 15° 14'E), small cove and fishermen's village N of the point of the same name, in the north-westernmost part of Kornat (Proversa vela).

Approach: Shape course for the two houses (inhabited in the summer).

Mooring: Gusts of the bora come from various directions. Off the houses are several jetties (depth about 1.5 m; at the head of the middle mole 1.3 m). Medium-sized yachts should use the four-point moor, larger yachts can anchor off the cove (depth 14 m).

ISLAND OF LEVRNAKA

LEVRNAKA (43° 49'N; 15° 16'E), cove on the N coast of the island of the same name (Kornati).

Approach: The highest peak on the island is conspicuous (117 m). The cove is enclosed on the N side by the islet of Susica; the narrow passage SE of the islet is not navigable. The sirocco is violent and the current strong in the passage between Kornat and Levrnaka.

Mooring: The cove is not exposed to winds. The best anchorage is in the SE part of the cove (depths 1024 m); good holding; vessels can also secure to the rocks ashore. There is a small jetty of piled up rocks (four-point moor).

Facilities: There is a water cistern next to the two houses on the isthmus toward Lojena cove on the S coast of the island; other provisions in the marina in Piskera.

LOJENA (43° 49'N; 15° 15'E), cove on the S coast of Levrnaka.

Mooring: The cove is protected from the bora and exposed to the southerlies; it is not recommended for a longer stay. Larger yachts anchor in the middle of the cove (depth 815 m), and smaller ones in the NE part (depth up to 3 m). With a strong sirocco blowing, go to Levrnaka cove on the N coast of the island.

Facilities: For provisions see Levrnaka.