The Dalmatian coast runs roughly 300 nautical miles between Istria and the Bay of Kotor, and the sailing happens in the gaps — short hops between islands, a konoba on the quay at Šolta, an empty cove on the back of Hvar before the day-trippers find it. The water is the colour you've seen in photographs and didn't believe.

We sail out of Trogir most summers. The tramontana from the north-west is reliable and rarely vicious, the navigation is line-of-sight, and harbours are close enough that a short day still gets you somewhere worth dropping the hook. Right for first charterers, couples, and families. Less right if you want long offshore legs.