Adriatic yacht charter: the lowest published week in this whole record

What each company publishes

How to price a Croatian week properly

1. Choose the base, then the boat. Split, Trogir, Sibenik, Zadar and Dubrovnik are all week-long cruising grounds with different islands within reach. The base decides the itinerary.
2. Price bareboat and skippered as different products. A Croatian agency publishes bareboat from around 2.000 EUR a week and skippered summer charters at 4.500 to 6.500 EUR, with the skipper itself at 1.260 EUR a week paid at embarkation.
3. Add the marina nights. The same source puts marina and port fees at an average of 450 EUR a week. In Croatia this is a real line, because the good nights are in town quays rather than at anchor.
4. Count the tourist tax and the fuel. 1.35 EUR per person per day and around 100 EUR a week of fuel on a sailboat, again from the same published breakdown.

Why the Adriatic prices well

The Moorings' own Croatia page states $1,885 to $36,020 for a 7 day charter for 2 people, and the same company's Greek range starts at $2,634, its BVI range at $3,284, its Bahamas range at $5,579 and its Turkish range at $7,224. Croatia is the cheapest entry that company publishes anywhere, and the reason is fleet density: the eastern Adriatic has more charter boats per mile of coast than anywhere else in the Mediterranean, and a boat that does not go out earns nothing.

The corollary is that the cheapest boats are the oldest and the smallest, and that August in Croatia is not a discount market. A published range that runs from $1,885 to $36,020 is telling you both of those things at once.

The one company that prices the extras

Sailing Holidays in Croatia publishes the most complete public breakdown found anywhere in this read: bareboat from about 2.000 EUR a week for small sailboats and 4.000 to 6.000 EUR for four and five cabin boats, skippered charters between 4.500 and 6.500 EUR in summer, a skipper at 1.260 EUR a week paid separately at embarkation, an average crewed catamaran at 10.000 EUR and crewed luxury from 25.000 EUR, alongside fuel of around 100 EUR a week, marina and port fees averaging 450 EUR a week and tourist tax at 1.35 EUR per person per day.

That is the shape of a charter bill rather than a charter rate, and it is what this record wishes every company published. Where a company publishes only the rate, this site prints only the rate and says so.

Montenegro and the rest of the coast

Montenegro sits at the southern end of the same cruising ground and is chartered from Tivat and Bar as often as it is visited from Dubrovnik. No company in this record publishes a Montenegrin weekly rate, so if that is your destination, price it as a Croatian charter with a border crossing and ask specifically about the paperwork and any one-way fee, both of which are charged and neither of which appears in a headline number.

Questions people ask before they enquire

How much is a week's yacht charter in Croatia?

The Moorings publishes $1,885 to $36,020 for a 7 day charter for 2 people, and Sailing Holidays in Croatia publishes bareboat from about 2.000 EUR a week and skippered summer charters at 4.500 to 6.500 EUR. Both were read on 9 September 2026.

How much does a skipper cost in Croatia?

Sailing Holidays in Croatia publishes 1.260 EUR a week, paid separately to the skipper at embarkation rather than included in the charter fee.

What else gets charged on a Croatian charter?

From the same published breakdown: around 100 EUR a week of fuel on a sailboat, marina and port fees averaging 450 EUR a week, tourist tax at 1.35 EUR per person per day, plus provisioning, national park fees and the security deposit.

Other cruising grounds in the record

• Bahamas: what a week actually costs, from the companies' own pages
• Turkey: what a week actually costs, from the companies' own pages
• The Adriatic: what a week actually costs, from the companies' own pages
• The Caribbean: what a week actually costs, from the companies' own pages
• Italy: what a week actually costs, from the companies' own pages