SUPETARSKA DRAGA - ISLAND OF RAB

SUPETARSKA DRAGA (44° 48.5'N; 14° 42.5'E), town (pop. 1,114 in 1991), cove and marina in the NW part of Rab, some 2.5 M southeast of Sorinj point.

Approach: Care should be taken of the reef some 50m N of the islet of Sridnjak, SW of the entrance to the cove. The reef is visible only at low tide and a choppy sea; it is marked by a concrete column.

Mooring: The cove is exposed to N and NW winds, the bora and the sirocco are violent in it but do not cause a sea and are not dangerous for yachts lying at anchor. The best anchorage for smaller yachts (sheltered from NW winds) is in the middle of Dumici cove (S of the islet of Sajlovac). Larger yachts can anchor in the middle of Supetarska draga (depths 2128 m).

Sights: The disused Benedictine monastery of St Peter, established in 1059, abandoned in 16 C. Sv Petar church dating from the foundation period.

SUPETARSKA DRAGA MARINA (ACY Grassetto) is situated on the NE coast of the cove of the same name.

The following landmarks are conspicuous: the white towers (white light) on Kalifront point and Kristofor point; the red tower with a column and gallery (red light) on the head of the breakwater in the marina; the low buildings of the workshops and the main office of the marina. The marina is situated at the edge of a wood and olive groves.

It is protected from NW winds by a 160m long breakwater.

Capacity: 280 berths along the breakwater and the floating fingers for yachts up to 15m long. There are 150 dry-berths. Water, electricity and telephone hook-ups at the berths. The shallow water along the waterfront, built at an incline from piled up rocks, increases rapidly in depth to 1025m in the middle of the cove.

The marina is open the year round.

The meteorological service in the marina provides regular weather reports (bulletins and information).

It has reception office, restaurant (tavern), shop, duty-free shop, toilets and showers with hot water; laundry; car park; rental of sports equipment; water, electricity and telephone hookups. Ample opportunity for water sports.

Fuel at the pump in the Rab marina. Other shopping in the shops in the marina and in the town of Rab.

Hoist (10 t) and a slipway; general repairs. Major repairs in Punat shipyard (Island of Krk).