Split catamaran charter
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Split anchors the central Dalmatian charter cluster — Marina Kaštela 15 minutes from the airport, ACI Marina Trogir at the western end of Kaštela Bay, and a Saturday-to-Saturday week comfortably loops Šolta, Brač, Hvar, Vis and Korčula before turning back. Catamarans dominate the local fleet because the central Dalmatian anchorages are sheltered sand-bottomed bays where the wide-beam, 1.2-metre-draft catamaran sits comfortably at 4–8 metres while monohulls stand off in deeper water.

The wind regime here defines the routing. The Maestral — the south-westerly thermal that builds from late morning through afternoon at 4–5 Beaufort — is the working sailing breeze of high summer; mornings tend calm, afternoons fresh on the beam reaching south-east through the islands. The Bura is the threat: a cold north-easterly katabatic that funnels off the Velebit massif, can build to 8+ Beaufort with little warning, and forces full-fleet shelter in the protected Šolta and Brač north-coast bays. The Jugo (south-easterly Sirocco) is the secondary risk in spring and autumn — slower-building but pushes 3-metre seas into Vis and Korčula's south coasts.

Headline catamaran anchorages include Maslinica on Šolta (sheltered west-side cove with restaurant moorings), Milna and Bobovišća on Brač (deep horseshoe bays with town quays and lazy lines), Stari Grad on Hvar (the long inlet and 4th-century BC Greek archaeological site), Komiža on Vis (free quay under the Hum cliffs), and Pomena on Mljet (the National Park inlet). Vis itself was a Yugoslav military zone closed to foreigners until 1989 and remains the least-developed central Dalmatian island — the headline catamaran destination for crews wanting low charter density.