Navigation Licence
NAVIGATION LICENCE
The most independent of all sailing vacations is a bareboat yacht charter where we provide a fully equipped boat, a general briefing and location advice.
Our yachts are fully insured for bareboat yacht charter in Croatia and carry all required safety equipment.
Croatian officials, Harbour Masters (Kapitanerie), Port Police and Coast Guard ask insistingly for the existence of a legal proof of charterer’s knowledge, either brought with an international valid official sailing licence of the country where the charterer comes from, or a Croatian licence.
Important to know
Charter law in Croatia obliges skipper to provide an internationally recognised sailing certificate or licence, which has a VHF licence included. The skipper is obliged to have this papers in original with him.
The formely often accepted private confirmations of sailing clubs or other private papers are not acceptable anymore! If you do not have a licence from your home-country or if you have a licence that does not contain a VHF-licence, you can issue a licence from the local Port Authority office in bigger coastal towns in Croatia.
To be secure, we recommend to fax your sailing licence to our company, so in case of a problem, we can inform you early enough!
When boarding the boat it is necessary to check the Crew list. Any change in the crew during the cruise must be reported to the company. Usually, this is controlled at the issue of a transitlog, which lists all crew members on board and must be presented to the Port Authority.
There are controls outside the harbours as well, done by the Coast Guard, and a skipper, who sails without a legal confirmation can be forced to end his sailing trip right away and pay a fine of some hundred Euros or more! The payment must be done in cash.
Please note as well:
It is NOT possible to have more people on board, than licenced for the boat!
Small children also count as a person on board.
When you charter a bareboat (a yacht without hired crew) - you yourself will act as skipper and be responsible for both: your crew members and our yacht. That is why our main concern is your safety and that we provide every possible help and assistence from our side.
