Portolan, or Yacht Digest’s guide to ports and anchorages, is designed to be used from your computer, tablet and smartphones, so even while you’re sailing you can find what you’re looking for without leaving the helm.
If you use it from your cell phone, with a simple click, you can directly call the ports you need, from its tab. As with the other information sections, this one is structured to be built with user input. Nothing is more comprehensive than what is seen through the eyes of those who use it. It is therefore possible to propose and enrich the information in the portolan chart for the benefit of an increasingly accurate and complete product, and contributions, after a quick moderation, will go online immediately!
Those who contribute will see their Nick Name published both on the edited page and in a special section dedicated to them. Update with us the Ports of Côte d’Azur, the Anchorages of Sardinia and anything else you feel is appropriate in a section, this one of the portal, that a real landing place for sailing enthusiasts!
This summer I am going to Croatia. For once, a normal trip. Everyone will be there. And just think, I’ve been halfway around the world and I’ve never been there.
I’ve never been there and I want to prepare well for the trip, so I study the stops on the Yachtdigest.com online portolano..
The page opens to a map of Europe, with many light blue circles for each area, and numbers indicating the ports and anchorages in that area.
These are Google maps, so of course you can zoom in and out, all the way to the port plan, and switch from map view to satellite view.
There is also a search form at the top where you can enter the location to search, and/or select the geographic area (and I’ll get distracted right away: Trentino Alto Adige… Ports in the Dolomites? Ah well sure, there are also the lakes: Torbole, Riva del Garda … how many memories! and what a wind, and what a scuffle!).
in the online pilot book you can also select just the search for ports or anchorages, and among the ports those-very useful! – with fuel stations.
Distracted by Garda memories, I immediately make a mistake and write Croatia in the Port Name/Anchorages field. They are right, it even said: in the“Port Name/Anchorages” field I should enter the name of the marina, not the geographic area or Town.
I then select Croatia from the menu Geographical Area, then click on the Search button and a map opens with light blue circles along the coasts of Croatia, and below the map a list of all the marinas and anchorages.
I begin to examine the ports I might find on my route.
For example, the port of Mali Lošinj. Clicking on the icon with the bollard brings up a comic strip with the name of the ports, and clicking on that opens a tab.
The marina card contains all the data to identify it, from coordinates to telephone and postal contact details to the Website.
It then contains the physical characteristics of the port (type of seabed, minimum and maximum draught, etc.), the hours, and the services provided: from the presence of moorers or divers to the possibility of repairing breakdowns or refueling.
There is then a descriptive card of the marina and, of course, a navigable map with satellite photos.
If I am browsing the portolano online from my cell phone and want to book it, I will simply tap the phone number to call the facility directly and ask for information.
And if the marina doesn’t appeal to me or I want to feel free, I can simply tap into the list of nearest Anchorages and enjoy a starry night at anchor.
If the ports is right for me and I want to keep it in my itinerary, I can save it in Favorites.
Just click on the little star in the upper right corner and the port’s card will be recorded in my personal list.
While I’m at it, I also examine the anchorages reported at Unije Island, not far from there. In addition to the map and satellite photo, the card also tells me maximum and minimum draughts, the quality of the sheltering and bottom, and points out other anchorages nearby. A note under Dangers: “Very busy bay, watch out for anchorages.” Human hazard: always the most fearsome.
I save the Ports and Anchorages I am interested in so that I can find them again when I am sailing. Just log into my personal area and select “My Favorites.”
Since caution is never too much and my cell phone doesn’t always get reception (mine, then, often end up in the water), I print out my Ports and Anchorages cards so I can take them on a cruise in a handy laminated-page folder.
I can also save the cards in pdf format on my tablet or phone.
We set sail, tailored pilot house in hand.
I promise I will tell you how it went.
In fact, I will do more: I will complete the pilot book by adding the ports and anchorages I visit, or with my own additions, reports and corrections. Just click on the Edit button or the Insert button.
And it’s not worth the bluff, because the Yacht Digest editorial staff will check everything ;)
YACHT DIGEST publishes the Mediterranean’s largest and most comprehensive pilot book, a guide to ports and anchorages containing over 1,500 occurrences, surveyed in one large digital publication.
Searchable from any device, the tabs of ports or anchorages contain the essential information for each boater, a description, satellite views, and are enriched with photos or videos. All this greatly aids the understanding of the anchorage or ports we want to reach the moment we choose it.
Another great advantage of the Tuttobarche pilot book is that Ports and anchorages are on the same cartography, an essential condition for moving around safely when, for example, we can’t find room in a port and need or want to shelter in an anchorage protected from a certain weather phenomenon.
If we consult the portbook from a smartphone or tablet, the telephone numbers of the ports are clickable directly, so we can call the facilities we are interested in without any other steps and ask for availability for moorings.
Anchorages (anchorages) are also described extensively to allow an a priori study of the anchorage, the descriptions also almost always provide information related to what we can find on the ground.
The pilot book also allows, since it is digital native, for different types of research:
The development of the Portolano is continuous, every week the editorial staff inserts 15 to 20 cards, it is a challenging effort, especially when we think that the whole portal is and will forever remain completely free for readers!
We recently did a survey among our readers from which you yourselves chose the Greece and the Balearic Islands as the priority, well have a look at the Portolano and stay tuned for updates, you will not be disappointed.
You can reach and discover the portolano simply by clicking this link: Portolano on line
Last, but certainly not least, the pilot book like much of the portal, is totally editable and commentable by perte of the readers, just click on the “edit” button and enter your changes which, after appropriate moderation, will be published for the benefit of all boaters in navigation. If you then want to try your hand at entering a ports or anchorages then simply click on “enter new port” and you will contribute to the dissemination of information that is really useful.
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