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Today, after a romantic night moored safely in Piskera, you will sail through the Kornati. The bay of Zut is only some fifteen miles away, but you will reach it in a roundabout way so you can experience as much as possible of the beautiful Kornati National Park (you have to buy a ticket to enter this park.) You will first head for Vruje, the largest village in the Kornati, which is five miles away if you sail along the outer side of Piskera, or six if you head back via the Kornati Channel. There are reefs and shoals both in the channel and close to Rasip so take care. Vruja is a place of some fifty houses and was named after an underwater spring (vrulja in Croatian) in the west prong of the bay, which almost turns into a fountain after heavy rainfalls. From Vruja, we will be skirting Kornat, heading for the Proversas. We will sail past the well-known chapel of Our Lady Of Tarac, where every first week in July pilgrims flock to one of the most enchanting rituals in the Adriatic. To get to Zut from Kornat you have to pass through one of the two Proversa straits, Vela or Mala, on either side of the islet of Katina, which is wedged between the islands of Kornat and Dugi Otok.
Until a few years ago, only Proversa Vela was navigable. Now Proversa Mala has been dredged so that even a small car ferry can pass through. We nevertheless suggest that you first sail to Telascica, the southernmost bay of Dugi Otok. If you anchor or tie up in the cove of Mir you can take a ten-minute walk to the saltwater lake of the same name. You can take a swim in the bay and head off in the afternoon for Zut. If you come across some maestral, tramontana or a bora breeze, this is an excellent opportunity to go under sail. In Zut, a safe bay of moderate proportions, you can choose a berth in the ACI marina, or you can tie up to one the buoys in front of the tiny restaurants. You may as well weigh anchor off the northwest promontory. Another overnight option is the cove of Hiljaca, which is slightly further away on the east side of the bay.
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