Murter Island

The picturesque island of Murter, with an area of 18 sq. km, has a significant place. It is connected to the land by a 12 meter long bridge near Tisno. This island of fishermen, olive growers and shipbuilders is the largest and most densely populated island in the Sibenik region. The coastal resort of Hramina lies sprawled around the vast and forested bay with its sandy cove of Slanica backed by a pine wood, in which there is a hotel and camping site. Murter is the largest tourist town on the island. It has three other tourist resorts: Betina, Tisno and Jezera. Prvic, close to the Vodice resort, is an oasis of Mediterranean plant and animal life.

Anchorages
Place Position Adress Information
 
Betina 43° 49'N 15° 36'E village (pop. 813 in 1991) and small harbour on the NE coast of the Murter island

Good shelter during SW and NW winds. Yachts can moor at the inner end of the breakwater. Anchoring is not recommended because of the poor holding (depth 3 m). The inner harbour is occupied by the local fishing-boats.

Facilities: Post office and medical service, restaurant, shop; parking lot for 100 vehicles; harbour office in Tisno. Provisions and water available. The shipyard in the marina builds craft 740 m in length, carries out general repairs and maintenance of engines; they also look after and maintain yachts out of season. General repairs may also be undertaken at another, smaller boatyard.

Betina Marina   situated NW from the village of Betina in the Zdrace cove at the N entrance to Murterski kanal

Capacity: 190 sea-berths and 80 dry-berths; the berths have water and electricity hook-ups.

It has reception office, grocery store, chandler's shop, duty- free shop, toilet with hot water, laundry; building, renovating and repairing of craft (wooden, metal, fiberglass) up to 44 m; engine repairs.

Launching and hauling-out of vessels (crane 10 t, travel-lift 260 t); slipway (30 t); there are 6 more slipways in the nearby shipyard which can be used by the marina if necessary.
Tisno 43° 48.5'N 15° 39'E village (pop. 1,431 in 1991) and small harbour on the island of Murter, at the narrowest part of Murterski kanal. A bridge (does not open) links Murter with the mainland and divides the harbour into an eastern and a western part

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Yachts drawing up to 2 m can berth on the inner end of the breakwater (SE of the bridge; the red column with a red light) or along the quay NW of the village (depth 2.5 m). There is a good anchorage in the SE part of the straits, NW of Ljutac islet (depth 20-25 m). An 800m long underwater sewage pipe extends some 900 m E of the harbour (under the level of 65 m), bearing 143°.

Facilities: Harbour master's office, post office, medical service and chemist's. Provisions at local shops, mains water supply.
Jezera 43° 47'N 15° 38'E village (pop. 838 in 1991) in the cove of the same name on the NE coast of Murter

Good all-round shelter for yachts of light and moderate draught. The four-point moor can be used at the inner end of the second pier.

Facilities: Harbour master's office, medical service and chemist's in Tisno. Provisions and water available. Repairs to boat and yacht hulls and repairs and maintenance of marine engines at Skoljic boatyard. Post office.
Murter 43° 49'N 15° 36'E small town (pop. 2,010 in 1991) on the island of the same name, situated some 500m inshore. 

In Hramina cove there is a marina, protected from all winds and a good all-round shelter for smaller vessels. In Slanica cove is a beach and the Colentum hotel complex

Facilities: Post office, medical service, several restaurants and shops, private guest houses and the head-office of the Kornati National Park. Kornatar Fishing Club. Provisions, water and fuel available. The Slanica boatyard carries out repairs of boats, small yachts and marine engines; security and maintenance for wintering yachts.