CHAPTER 01
Hvar & the Pakleni Islands
43°10′ N · 16°26′ E
Lavender terraces, Venetian piazzas, midnight passages to deserted swim coves.
— Cruising Grounds
The Adriatic & beyond,
charted slowly.
From our home waters in Dalmatia to the Amalfi Coast, the Côte d'Azur and the Aegean — three thousand miles of coast, charted at the pace of a long lunch.
PART I
The Croatian Adriatic
Our signature waters since 1987.
CHAPTER 02
Dubrovnik & the Elaphiti
42°38′ N · 18°06′ E
Arriving by sea remains the only proper way. Monastic islands lie an hour north.
CHAPTER 03
Kornati Archipelago
43°48′ N · 15°20′ E
Eighty-nine uninhabited islands, a national park of stone and silence.
CHAPTER 04
Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
42°25′ N · 18°46′ E
Europe's southernmost fjord — Venetian campaniles beneath two-thousand-metre walls of karst.
PART II
The Italian Coast
A short crossing west, into older waters still.
CHAPTER 05
Venice & the Lagoon
45°26′ N · 12°20′ E
Approached at dawn through the Lido, when the campaniles are still pale with mist.
CHAPTER 06
Puglia & the Heel
40°08′ N · 18°30′ E
Limestone grottoes, masseria suppers ashore, the unhurried Salento at anchor.
CHAPTER 07
Amalfi & the Sorrentine Coast
40°37′ N · 14°36′ E
Positano at golden hour, Capri's Faraglioni at first light, lunch in a Praiano cove.
PART III
The Wider Mediterranean
Chartered by invitation, for guests who wish to wander further.
CHAPTER 08
Côte d'Azur & Cap Ferrat
43°41′ N · 7°20′ E
Belle Époque villas, pine-shaded anchorages, dinner ashore at La Voile d'Or.
CHAPTER 09
The Greek Cyclades
37°26′ N · 25°20′ E
Folegandros, Sifnos, the lesser-known calderas — meltemi winds and whitewash.