Archive for the 'Cruisers, Korcula Harbour, Floating Objects' Category

Korcula Harbour and mooring for small, local boats

I received recently email from Jason who lives in Kuciste (Peljesac Peninsula) in which he expressed his concerns and suggestions about mooring places for small, local boats that visit Korcula for few hours per day. This is his email:
“Hi, I really enjoy your blog and keeping up with local developments in and around Korcula. Regarding [...]

BBQ Donut for Korcula Harbour

Following my continous search for additional ideas to add to The Cruiser Jam in Korcula Harbour , I found someting interesting that can also be considered:

Floating “BBQ Donut” (in Croatian, this would be translated as ” Plutajuca Gradele Krafna) is “Unique circular boat for barbecue fun on the water”.
In its brochure the bbq-donut [...]

Floating Hotel for Korcula Harbour

Talking about statistical possibilities of Cruise Jam in Korcula next summer, it came to my mind something interesting and cute I found earlier, for possible use in our waters  The Floating Hotel!

This is a brand new thing coming all the way from Copenhagen. Next summer, visitors to capital of Denmark will have a new way [...]

Cruiser Jam

If cruising statistics of Croatia will continue with its present trend (24% more cruising holidays along Adriatic Coast in the first 11 months of 2006 / 93% of them in Korcula and Dubrovnik) we can easily expect total traffic jam in Korcula harbour next summer.
My only hopes now lay with korcula new harbour authority to [...]

Cruiser M/S Monet trapped in Korcula

The cute little cruising ship M/S Monet is trapped in a Korcula harbour due to bad weather.
The ship is cruising along the Dalmatian Coast with about 20 passengers on the board. It is trapped by bad weather, so it is hanging around Korcula already for few days.
I feel sorry for the passengers  it must be [...]

New Harbour Authority in Korcula

Finally, it seems that soon, Korcula Town is going to get its own harbour authority instead of one that is currently run and managed by regional head office.
From the beginning of the last century, Korcula is the traditional stopover destination for numerous larger and smaller cruising ships that are sailing up and down the Adriatic [...]