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concerning charter yachts sailing Adriatic Croatia and its Dalmatian coast may be obtained by clicking on
the gray links immediately above. Thank You. You may be searching for our life, nostra vita,
perhaps seeking to make it your life, a life sailing Adriatic Croatia and its Dalmatian coast, or you may
simply be searching for a charter sailing yacht holiday along the coast of the former Yugoslavia. The
Dalmatian Coast once ruled by the Republic of Venice, the Dalmatian Coast with its near-infinite number of
offshore islands and seemingly endless reminders of ancient and medieval history. Croatia is hard to beat.
The scenery! Five-hundred-year-old island towns intact! Hvar and Korcula, the latter birthplace of Marco
Polo. And the cuisine! Perhaps the best fresh seafood you've tasted. Mussels and little fishes in garlic.
Big fish, too! Or is it Adriatic Montenegro you have in mind? Can you imagine! There, too, you will find
five-hundred-year-old towns intact. Sveti Stefan and Kotor and Petrovac and others. Their restaurants
serving fresh sea food of the same caliber. And the octopus! Always superb, in vinegar it is even better!
And there is plenty of history to recount, as well. History such as that made by Honore de Hocquincourt, an
accomplished sea captain cruising in these same waters during the 1660's, cruising with letters of marque
first from the Knights of Malta and then from the Republic of Venice. Hocquincourt was one of eight children
born to an old and distinguished family of Picardie in that part of France bordering on the English Channel,
his father Charles a Marshall of France under Louis XIV, his mother Eleonore from an equally distinguished
family of Valencay. Like many junior offspring of distinguished families, Honore de Hocquincourt did not
succeed to titles and property but rather was left to fend for himself. He turned to the sea. By 1660 he
owned and commanded a 36-gun frigate such as that depicted below, a square-rigged sailing warship only then
coming into its own in a Mediterranean theretofore dominated by oared galleys. Obtaining that year a privateer
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from the Knights of Malta, one
of whom was his brother Dominique, he set about disrupting Ottoman commerce in the Aegean and Ionian Seas.
Over the next several years he came out on top in a succession of engagements with Ottoman corsairs off the
islands of Zakinthos, Sifnos, and Chios, among others, most of these engagements in the company of
fellow-privateer Anne-Hilarion de Tourville. He obtained much of his renown in November 1665, though, when
he, Tourville, and a third privateer were caught in a dead calm off Candia (Crete) by 34 galleys under the
command of Ottoman Admiral Mehmet Ali Pasha. In spite of the advantage of maneuverability, the Ottomans were
decisively defeated and driven from the field. Hocquincourt's frigate alone took 150 cannon ball hits and
was rammed in the poop before the engagement ended in victory. Returning to Malta for battle repairs, however,
Hocquincourt and his fellow captains found themselves less than welcome; peer envy, one report has it. In
consequence he and Tourville made their way to Venice where their reputations had preceded them. There in
1666 they obtained Venetian letters of marque and continued as before, the two of them in November, almost 12
months to the day following their first great victory, engaging off the southern Peloponnesus 26 Ottoman war
galleys, sinking some and putting the rest to flight. A grateful Doge Domenico Contarini in 1667 offered both
Hocquincourt and Tourville elevation to the Republic's Maggior Consiglio or Great Council. Free spirits,
neither accepted. 
blown onto a shoal by a storm. Could you be
dreaming of a sail through history? Or could you simply be dreaming of a holiday under an Adriatic sun? In
either event you must be dreaming of a crewed charter in the Adriatic, of sailing from one remote island town
to the next remote island town dining on the catch of dozens of brightly painted caiques with fish net piled
high fore and aft. Or could you be dreaming of dining alfresco on the quarterdeck of your own chartered yacht?
A chartered yacht catered by an experienced Croatian chef? How about realizing your dream aboard a sleek crewed
gulet sailing the Adriatic from Dubrovnik. Sailing with group accommodations. With room for you two and four
like-minded couples. How about chartering Nostra Vita to cruise Croatia's Adriatic shores. Or to sail routes
among neighboring islands. While you enjoy history and seafood and sun. Would you like to have such a holiday
cruising these routes? Surely you would like to holiday aboard a charter yacht proceeding leisurely from one
enchanting island town to the next enchanting island town. Who wouldn't! Starting in Dubrovnik! Are you
searching for Dubrovnik in Croatia? Well, it is located well down the Dalmatian Coast just north of the Gulf
of Kotor, and it has its own international airport. There we can put you aboard a crewed yacht for the sailing
odyssey of a lifetime. We can put you aboard a charter yacht and point you toward excitement and history. We
can show you Honore de Hocquincourt's path down the coast of Dalmatia and among Croatia's offshore islands
where he once could be found lying in wait for Ottoman merchants coming out from Hercegnovi, the former
Castelnuovo. Nostra Vita offers a sailing yacht holiday along the coast of Croatia and among neighboring
islands of Croatia. Why not begin your holiday in Dubrovnik (Ragusa), homeport of the Nostra Vita as well as
one of the more striking medieval towns. Sail from there to Korcula and from Korcula to Hvar and Trogir and
Split. Do all of this aboard a handsome ketch-rigged charter yacht with luxurious accommodations for five
couples and a service to match. Do all of this while you holiday at the crossroads of history. Contact
Blue Cruise Yacht Charters today at