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MIDDLE ADRIATIC

PETRCANE (44° 11'N; 15° 09'E), village (pop. 575 in 1991) and small harbour on the coast of the cove of the same name, some 5M northwest of Zadar.

Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular white tower (white light) on Radman point (forest in the background) and the belfry with a rectangular top and a clock in the middle of it.

Warning: It is prohibited to moor along the mole with the breakwater (S part of the harbour) because it is damaged.

Mooring: The harbour is well sheltered from the bora and the southerlies. Smaller vessels can moor along the pier enclosing the inner harbour and along the jetty E of the N breakwater.

Facilities: Post office and medical service. On Radman point is the Pinija hotel and 2km northwest of the village is the Punta Skala camp site and hotel for naturists.

Water and provisions in the village; fuel at the petrol station by the hotel.

Sights: Sv Bartul church (St Bartholomew, 12/13 C, later converted into a private building).

DIKLO (44° 09'N; 16° 12'E), village (pop. 1,270 in 1991) and anchorage, some 2M north-northwest of Zadar.

Approach: The belfry and the grove on the hill can be identified when approaching the anchorage. Some 1M southeast of the town is a dangerous shoal (0.5 m), which should be given an offing when sailing toward Ostri rat point (Punta Mika).

Mooring: The anchorage is sheltered from the bora but exposed to onshore winds and sea. The best anchorage in the bora is SSW of the town (depth 1720 m), in the sirocco SSW of the town (depth 23 m). A good anchorage for smaller yachts in the sirocco is offshore W of Ostri rat point.

Facilities: Provisions and water can be obtained in the nearby hotel complex of Borik (Zadar); fuel at the petrol station.

Sights: The medieval churches of Sv Martin (St Martin, 12 C) and Sv Petar (St Peter, 13 C).

BORIK MARINA is situated in Uvala fratara cove, 500 m E from the Ostri rat lighthouse. There are five pontoon quays, depths 1.54 m.

Capacity: 200 sea-berths and 100 dry-berths (for yachts of 620 m in length).

It is sheltered from all winds by two breakwaters; at the head of the W breakwater there is a red tower (harbour light); on the E breakwater there is a 5 t hoist.