Nautical Guide

A practical guide to the world’s charter grounds – Croatia, the Ionian, the Cyclades, the BVI, the Grenadines, Seychelles and beyond – by sailing conditions.

What sailing the Maldives is actually like: eyeball pilotage between coral, the two monsoon seasons, cruising permits, and the diving that justifies the flight.

Sailing the Red Sea: seasons and prevailing winds, poorly charted reef, multi-jurisdiction formalities, and why it is the last unsailed warm-water ground.

A practical Split guide for charter crews: the four marinas compared, turnaround day in order, provisioning and markets, and where to eat away from the.

Sailing the Kornati national park: entry tickets, concessioned mooring buoys, the seaward crowns, provisioning and water, and the best months to go.

A sailing guide to Dubrovnik: ACI Komolac and why the old port is not an option, the Elaphiti islands, Lokrum and Mljet, and eating beyond the walls.

A sailing guide to the Bay of Kotor: clearing out of Croatia and into Montenegro, Perast and Our Lady of the Rocks, katabatic gusts and deep-water anchoring.

A sailing guide to Istria: Pula, Rovinj, Poreč and the Brijuni islands, northern Adriatic conditions, and the inland hill towns worth a day of the week.

A guide to the world’s great marinas – Monaco, Porto Cervo, Antibes, Porto Montenegro, Nelson’s Dockyard and more – judged on shelter, service and setting.