The World’s Most Beautiful Marinas

The world’s most beautiful marinas are found in the Adriatic sea. The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula. It is a part of the Mediterranean Sea.

The western coast is Italian, while the eastern coast runs mostly along Croatia. Marina Frapa is certainly one of the most beautiful marinas in Croatia. It is situated in the Rogoznica, in the central part of the Croatian coast, just between towns of Šibenik and Split.

Rogoznica is placed in the beautiful bay (43 °31’ N, 15° 58’ E) of Soline protected at all sides. Frapa is situated on the island with its 9 piers on 136,000 m and has 300 berths in the sea ( each one with water supply) and 150 places for boats in the winter on land.

It is an ideal marina for super yacht size boats and has mooring for boats with a maximum length of 80.00 m and a maximum draught of 12.00 m. It includes a complete range of services available to its customers. For those who would like to carry out maintenance work or need to repair their boat, the marina Frapa Marina has a travelift for boats up to 75 tons. The basic needs of its customers will be well met, because it has water, electricity . The marina can also provide its customers nautical services which may be of used.
Well connected and not only accessible by sea, it is also close to the nearest airport.


Marina "Dalmacija" in Sukošan is located 7 kilometres south of the ancient city of Zadar, beatiful, historic port in the centre of the Croatian Adriatic coast. On the way from the continental Croatia to the coast, you can visit the National Park "Plitvice" with their world-renowned water falls.
The marina "Zlatna Luka" is one of the largest Mediterannean yacht ports. It covers approx. 35 ha of land and about the same water surface. It offers sufficient number of bathrooms and toilettes as well as a supermarket, bar, restaurant and a gas station. Near the marina you will find a variety of restaurants, shops and bars, as well as recreational centres with tennis courts and other sports facilities. Our staff at the base will be glad to provide you with the information about the services offered in the marina and in its surrounding.

With its large surface, the marina offers a sufficient number of parking spaces, both in the open and in garages. Parking in the marina costs EUR 4,20 per day. The marina is patroled by security personell day and night to increase your safety and the safety of your property.


Marina Kornati is located in Biograd n/m, the geographic centre of the Croatian Adriatic coast. This modern, full service facility is the gateway to the world famous Kornati Archipelago, with more than 150 islands and 200 rocks.
Marina Kornati has rapidly become one of the world's premiere yacht charter destinations with over 300 motor and sail vessels available for charter.
Marina Kornati is a full service marina with a policy of continual improvement in both range and standards of service. A detailed list of services is available.

Centrally located near the Kornati Archipelago
Over 700 berths
50 Ton travel lift, 20 ton transporter, and 10 ton cran
Full range of service facilities
Restaurant with banquet facilities for up to 400 guest
Captain's Clu
Supermarket
Charter services
Hotel and apartment accommodations
Yacht Club with Croatia's largest regatta calendar
Sailing School
Annual Boat show
Excursions and cultural events
Free Internet access

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Fairline - Ready to cruise Indian waters !

There was a time when only Europe's rich & famous had yacht's as their luxury toy! Very few Indians were considered lucky & affluent if invited aboard for a yacht party. Having a yacht on Indian water was only a dream till about a couple of years back, Vijay Mallya & Gautam Singhania were one of the famous owners of yachts in India..

Indian economy has boomed in the past few years & the rich are getting richer. As the money is coming in the demand & sales of luxury product has increased. The rich & wealthy Indians has either bought a cruiser or is waiting to take delivery of one. Yachts are now being added to their collection of luxury cars & jets.


Many yacht manufacturing companies sees India as an evolving market and one that will spur growth dynamics in the years to come. Fairline is one of the companies which displayed its yachts at the Mumbai International Boat Show earlier this month. The company, which makes 38- to 78-footer yachts which seat up to 14 people on board and house a family and couple of guests on a journey, too & comes with a price tag of a cool £250,000 to £2.5 million is expecting a lot of sale in the coming months.

One of the few reason is the growth of holiday resort & destination around mumbai coast. Alibaug is one of the biggest example which have witnessed a real estate boom as an increasing number of industrialists are making these tourist hotspots their second homes.This translates into a direct demand for easier and smoother ways to commute, a mode of transport that can live up to their status.


The company feels there is a great potential in the Indian market & the Indian youth & wealthy are the one who will be taking the growth forward. But the lack of infrastructure is the biggest downfall. For eg. Developing a marina is of primary importance to have a market for boats. Lack of a marina means that maintaining and fuelling of yachts gets more expensive.

The much of anticipated increase of boat sales in India hinges on the infrastructural growth. Without berth spaces, even the most enthusiastic sailors cannot keep their own boats and even those who do manage to obtain a berth are unwilling to invest in a boat unless the after-sales are in place to ensure that their investment is maintained and well looked after by a reputable organization. Read more...

Dubai Berths Getting Expensive

Dubai, the world’s favorite shopping paradise and lifestyle country where money flows like water and there is nothing that you cant get.. Well other than berths. Rising number of yachts in dubai have led to high demad of berts. Currently there are about 2500 berts and the amount to meet the demand it 10,000

Talking about the price Mr. Hassan Al Shaali, Sales and Marketing Manager of Shaali Marina, said: “The shortage has pushed the annual berth rent up in the range of Dh35,000 to Dh40,000. A week or a fortnight costs Dh4,000 to Dh5,000. Most berths now have waiting lists.”

Some of the reasons for this high rise are –

The foreign yachts have found the gulf countries especially dubai as an exciting tourist destination. Officials at Dubai’s tourism department told Emirates Business European yacht owners and vacationers sailing through the Mediterranean into the Red Sea now do not stop only at Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh but venture south, rounding the Arabian Peninsula and entering the Gulf waters.

Property in dubai is also very lucrative at this point considering one can get an Dubai Visa by buying a property.

The many Palms and the world project are also to an extent responsible for this rise as investors would surely see this as a buying opportunity. The management of the Palms has plans to increase the number of berths for yachts, and build 15 new marinas in the next 10 years to accommodate some 51,000 boats of various sizes.

Dubai also holds the record for the most expensive yacht of the world owned by Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai.

We shortly will be doing a post regarding the Dubai yachting scenario. So do keep reading.
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