Dog days in Dalmatia

Many years ago I spent a couple of summers working as a charter skipper out in Dalmatia. I’d like to tell you that the whole thing was an out of control bacchanal, but I’m afraid I’d be misleading you; I had a nice time but nothing remarkable happened. Nothing? Well, perhaps that’s misleading. At some point in the months I spent out there, I fell in love; not with a person but with the landscape. the beauty of this coast is savage and wild. Life out here in the summer months is like living with the contrast turned all the way up. It’s a world of vivid blues; lambent waters and deep blue mountains reverberating on the mainland; blinding chalk white shores topped by emerald pines crackling in the heat. It’s an impossibly seductive cocktail.

Sailing tips

Given that you will doubtless be chartering in the summer, there are numerous tips I can give you to improve your experience