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Chris Bird

Chris Bird

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Ratingen Hösel

Keen cruising sailor with experience on both traditional schooners (two separate two-week voyages) and modern yachts. RYA Competent Crew, holder of the Marine Radio Short Range Certificate, and working towards Day Skipper. Experienced in Adriatic and Mediterranean cruising with a focus on seamanship, navigation, and safety. Interested in <44 ft liveaboard cruisers and future passages via European inland waterways to the Mediterranean.

179

NM

Total Distance

11

Days

Time at Sea

QUALIFICATIONS
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Day Skipper

The RYA
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Marine Radio Short Range

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Crew Member

Tall Ships Youth Trust
Chris Bird
Denis Noonan

Chris Bird, Denis Noonan & 2 others

1 October 2025 at 14:06

RYA day 4 afternoon

13

NM

3h 21m

Rogoznica to Zečevo Rogozničko, Croatia

Chris Bird
Denis Noonan

Chris Bird, Denis Noonan & 1 other

1 October 2025 at 09:26

RYA day 4 morning

9.2

NM

3h 40m

Zečevo Rogozničko to Rogoznica, Croatia

Chris Bird
Denis Noonan

Chris Bird, Denis Noonan & 2 others

30 September 2025 at 19:01

RYA day 3 night

8.3

NM

2h 27m

Zečevo Rogozničko, Croatia

Chris Bird
Denis Noonan

Chris Bird, Denis Noonan & 1 other

30 September 2025 at 09:27

RYA day 3 day

16.4

NM

5h 17m

Otočić Škrovada to Zečevo Rogozničko, Croatia

Chris Bird
Denis Noonan

Chris Bird, Denis Noonan & 3 others

29 September 2025 at 10:03

RYA day 2

27.6

NM

6h 30m

Rogoznica to Otočić Škrovada, Croatia

Chris Bird
Denis Noonan

Chris Bird, Denis Noonan & 2 others

28 September 2025 at 13:56

RYA day 1

8

NM

2h 9m

Primošten to Rogoznica, Croatia

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Chris Bird

Chris Bird

14 June 2025 at 17:00

Manual Entry

Croatia - June 2025

14.06. Arrival in Zadar Transfer to the Marina Kornati harbour in Biograd na Moru. Departure from the harbour at 5 PM with the destination port of Murter. (Nice new facility). 15.06. 12:20 PM: The wind picks up. We leave the harbour in Murter heading south. We arrived in the bay of Otok Zirje and spent the night moored to a buoy. 16.06. The weather became overcast, so we headed to Tribunj. Very beautiful old town. Great rustic restaurant Konoba Pijero. In the afternoon, a strong thunderstorm. Very stormy in the evening, we lose our fender but find it again. Uwe loses both his glasses while rescuing a fish box from another boat. We retrieve them from the harbour in the evening with a boat hook. 17.06. We leave the harbour heading towards a thunderstorm. We change course and end up in Luka Port of Zaglav in a small harbour in the evening. 18.06. We start in Zaglav and head to a bay for snorkelling and fishing. Unfortunately, neither is particularly successful, but still enjoyable. After a quick lunch, we continue and eventually land in a small harbour in Mali Iz. 19.06. We head out to the open sea and arrive in the Kornati Nature Reserve (note: subject to fees), spending the evening in a bay near Ravni Zakan (restaurant only for millionaires). 20.06. We sail back towards Biograd. The boat inspection at 3 PM with LM-Yachting fortunately goes smoothly. And WITHOUT refuelling, as the fuel gauge still shows full :) 21.06. After a quick breakfast, we are drawn back to the water. This time not with the sailing boat Tina, but with a 200 HP motorboat. Short stop for lunch on the island of Vrgada. 4:30 PM refuelling and a shower before heading to the airport. In the evening, Midsummer barbecue at the Birds.

Croatia - June 2025

95.7

NM

6 days 0 hours

Biograd na Moru, Croatia