Plan it: Door-to-Door Cost of a Croatia Sailing Holiday
The number on the boat card is the yacht for a week. It is the biggest line, and it is also the one most people compare across sites — which is fine, as long as you know what sits next to it.
The lines that always come
- Yacht, per week. The card price. Early-booking discounts and last-minute cuts change this line and only this line.
- Deposit. Paid at the base at check-in – a card pre-authorisation or cash – and released after check-out, unless something is broken; deposit insurance, if you buy it, is a non-refundable charge that lowers it, in some cases to nothing. It is never part of a total, and a site that folds it into one is hiding something.
- Transit log / final cleaning. Paid at the base, fixed per boat, usually 400–600 €.
The lines you choose
- Skipper. From 2.100 € a week with us on a bareboat, plus their food. Book one if nobody aboard holds a licence, or if you would rather sleep in.
- Cook. Ours, on a bareboat, is likewise from 2.100 € a week, with half board at 500 € per guest a week; a crewed yacht comes with the charter company’s own crew instead. Either way it is the difference between a holiday and a week of washing up.
- Fuel, marinas, mooring buoys. Paid as you go, by card or cash; fuel at the end of the week, near the base. A relaxed week from Split runs 300–600 € for a sailing yacht, more for a catamaran.
Add it up for a 40-foot sailing yacht in June and it is roughly the card price plus a quarter, with at least 2.100 € on top for a skipper if you take one. That is the honest number to plan with.