Murter to Krk Flotilla Sailing area

On selected dates we run flotillas that sail outside of our normal area. This is done to offer more choice of sailing destinations, and is particularly popular with repeat clients that want to be able to sail in new areas. These flotillas are run along the same lines as our normal trips, but are generally run as specific two week trips and will involve a few obligatory longer sailing days (25 to 35 miles) during the flotilla. We try however to space these out as much as possible and still allow plenty of shorter days (up to 20 miles) when people can choose to sail as much or as little as they want. These then allow plenty of time for sightseeing, relaxing or just generally pottering about among the islands. Our normal flotillas will still run during these dates so anybody wishing to participate in one of these trips must specify this at the time of booking

The Murter to Krk sailing area is not one that is generally visited by flotillas and so this is an ideal opportunity to sail in this area. The area is well developed for sailing and is very popular for Bareboat charters among people that drive from mainland Europe and start from bases like Pula or Krk. With our starting base on Murter however we are in an ldeal location to sail North into this area and can cover a very comfortable circuit in two weeks.

The sample route above is for guidance purposes only but is a good indication of what we do in this area. You join the yacht on a Saturday, having spent the day traveling, joining the yacht sometime in the afternoon/evening. There is normally no sailing on this first day. The following morning starts with a full briefing when you will meet with the rest of the group, sort out any issues and then head off for the first day. We try to usually keep the first nights destination fairly local so allowing everybody plenty of time for shopping, settling in and having a relaxed first day at your own pace.

From then on we will sail North aiming to follow the coast up past Biograd, Zadar, and up to the islands of Pag and Rab, deciding each days destination depending on the weather as we go. If time allows then we then cross over to southern Krk aiming to be there at the end of the first week. There is an International airport on Krk so if anybody needs to change any crew after a week it is possible provided one way flights are booked into or out of Rijeka Airport, which is located on Krk.

For the second week then we will go out to the islands of Cres, Losinj, Silba, Molat and Iz as we sail back. There are some very nice bays and anchorages on the south of Cres, so anybody that does not want to go as far as Krk can always head here and just spend a day or two relaxing while they wait for the rest of the group to join up.

Overall over the two weeks this trip should cover somewhere between 250 and 300 miles and will have a mix of town quays, marinas and nights at anchor in bays. Most evenings we go to places with restaurants to eat ashore, although to enjoy the benefit of some of the more remote bays on offer, one or two nights cooking on board may be required. On these trips we always try going into at least some ports and bays that we have not visited with a flotilla before, so our lead crews will not always have as much information in advance as we have on the ports in our regular sailing area.

The prevaling winds in this area are Northerlies, and in the main summer season should be between F2 to F6 most of the time. In this trip we do sail past the Velebit Canal and this is where the Bura (the famous Croatian strong wind) can blow strongest on the coast, but we do not enter the Kanal so we should have reasonable shelter from the islands if it does blow up while we are in the area.

All locations mentioned are for guidance purposes only and we can give no guarantee of visiting any particular port or islands. The final decisions as to where the flotilla goes on any particular day has to be decided by the on site lead skippers, and they have to have full freedom to make these decisions based on weather, local conditions etc. Anybody that is only booking so that they can visit any particular port should therefore consider taking a yacht from the Bareboat/flotilla fleet as with these you are totally free to go off on your own as a bareboat at any stage.

The number of yachts on these trips is limited to about eight in any one group, most of which are generally from our in house fleet, with only places for a maximum of two or three from our Bareboat flotilla fleet. Full details of these can be viewed here