Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily, and is located at the heart of this ancient sea. By 1848 km of coastline and many smaller islands offer the most beautiful and varied scenarios of the world who want to sail. The natural beauty of the sea around Sardinia are today protected by several national parks, regional reserves and marine areas protected, together with a growing environmental awareness that has grown in the culture of the Sardinian and boaters.
Sardinian coastline offer many natural shelter that have been supplemented by many new ports and marina with a high level of quality and service and support for most boats.
The berths currently available are 9000/12000 in 36 ports between private marina and municipal harbors. The development of tourist ports in Sardinia is recent but has a quality of services very high compared to other Italian regions. The beauty of the coast has made the island among the favorite destinations of boaters from all over the world every year sailing in the waters crystal that surround it.
Tourism
Nautical tourism has become an economic reality for the Sardinia and has involved various sectors including services from simple watercraft. Visitors to the island by boat stops on the coast to galley or go to dinner in a restaurant or visit a archaeological site. The recreational boating is accompanied by a system economically and in many areas has developed districts of the real industrial Olbia to attract the finest boatyards of world. The professionalism that have evolved over the years have enabled many young people to find or create work in the field boating.
The area most interested in the phenomenon of expansion nautical labor has always been Gallura where it was born Costa Smeralda that create a more attractive whit sailing sport and nautical culture.
Through the activities of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the many international events that has ever held was developed one of the most important in the world for racing sailing. Porto Cervo is one of the most prestigious ports and known in World of Yachting and the International every year since forty years, will meet the most beautiful boats and known.
Many other of Sardinia Yacht Club organize races and international events with great success and great advertising for the Island. The guarantee of success of the events organized from all these clubs is given by the natural beauty, the scenarios and weather conditions that fans are in Sardinia, Porto Cervo as in Cagliari, Alghero, Porto Rotondo, Carloforte and in many other corners of paradise that let us explore with your boat.
Environment
The most precious and irreplaceable we have is the environment, Sardinia as well as all over the planet. The awareness has today reached a milestone of maturity that only a few years ago was unthinkable, and as there is still much to be done to protect our environment, some basic discourses are now "past" and acquired, and is unlikely to revert back.
Sardinia is a continent and the environment, being an island, a single continent for many varieties of both animals plants, geological and landscape. The protection and management of the landscape are a priority for all as sardi knows historically. As the nature needs man and man to nature.
The coasts of Sardinia are beautiful, diverse and hospitable for the nautical tourism. With many places where you can go several routes to program, the appropriate services in order to enjoy the beauty of nature with peacefulness.
The pollution of the waters of the Mediterranean and its environment was been the subject of an international agreement between 21 states in the "mare nostrum". In 1995 he signed the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) engaging each other in a program preservation of the marine and coastal development, coastal communities and the smaller islands. The enormous problems this sea can be summarized in: industrial pollution, urban, maritime traffic and boaters. That is due to boaters certainly the most marginal but it is one on which we can have the greatest impact as boaters. And the care and attention in sailing in the Mediterranean in a "clean" should be between our priorities in the first instance, lovers of the sea and, only after, boaters.
Average degradation of waste abandoned at sea: Plastic bag: 20 years; Sigaretta: 5 years; Aluminum cans: 500 years; Nylon: 40 years; Hard plastic: 1000 years; Glass bottle: 1000 years
Parks and Nature Reserves
In Sardinia there are 2 national parks, 2 marine reserves and 2 areas marine protected area which include a very broad and that operate in order to protect the special features and enjoy them the beauty to visitors.
In the management of recreational boating are all agreed to receive most protected coasts and only some sections are under maximum protection. Certain that there must be many constraints and services that protect the nature by the presence in these areas but with due attention should be allowed to navigate in these areas.
Some of the innovations of recent years have been the fields for buoys yachtsmen can moor that in some of the most beautiful rade in Sardinia respecting the depth and the greatest security.
The development of parks and marine reserves are both desirable as expansion of areas under protection as an evolution services and environmental improvements planned coordinated by the scientific research of universities and institutions responsible.
Weather
The geographical position of Sardinia guarantees a replacement of air and water very often. Through the North Atlantic disturbance twenty leading north west of great intensity and with a constant movement of air and sea currents around the Island among many leaders and passages between the islands. These phenomena ensure continuous flow of air and water that help environment of Island always enough to stay clean.
This centrally positioned in the Mediterranean thus ensures a marine environment and coasts with ever renewed air and water movement.
The climate is typically Mediterranean and then sunny and mild to six to eight months a year.
The sea conditions and winds are very different depending on the part of the question. In the north and the west coast we have a prevalence of winds from the fourth quadrant with a specific date by which Maestrale comes from the Gulf of Lion in France, Mistral, where the disruption of the North Atlantic run along the French Pyrenees and then culminate in the Mediterranean in this gulf.
This wind from the north west arrives in Sardinia with considerable intensity and often blows for several days. The Maestrale form of waves of considerable height, and in some parts of the coast become dangerous and violent. Particularly in the sea area between Corsica and Sardinia are channeled taking a Maestrale further until you reach the Strait of Bonifacio with a speed over 50 knots.
Sardinia in the south and the east coast disturbance most important are those from North Africa that lead winds of the second quadrant as the Scirocco, and the east wind.
Weather forecasts indicate that the general situations are useful in predicting the trend of the time on the coasts of Sardinia. But it is equally important to know how to read signals time in the individual areas where there may be local phenomena also of strong intensity, which creates difficulties for navigation.
Security
Good sailors, like good poets, they are excellent technicians, no romantic improvisation but a solid understanding from which original flow solutions. The experiences at sea and know are theoretical, as in the past, necessary and complementary for complete formation of a good sailor with the necessary knowledge under the accident prevention and safety at sea.
The experience and technical safety at sea are common in any area you surf. In Sardinia you must put a lot of attention to certain areas of the rugged coastline where dry rocky outcrops undermine the vessels and approaches to land.
Along the coast there are many means of assistance and rescue oversee their areas of expertise in addition to fishermen who are always present in the Sardinian seas.
Emergencies at sea
The Coast Guard has established a number for emergencies is the 1530.
The headquarters of capitanerie port is MRCC Roma tel. 06656171.
In Sardinia there are capitanerie to port: Porto Torres, La Maddalena, Olbia, Cagliari. CIRM (International Medical Center) tel.065923331 / 2; Carabinieri 112; Police 113; Fire 115; Public health emergencies 118; Coast Guard 1530.
Ports and Marina
In Sardinia there are 36 sea ports between private and harbors municipal with some 9.000/12.000 moorings with many services and increasing proficiency of the operators. The requests for moorings are always increasing but before build new ports would be advisable to rationalize those that lead to the restoration and conversion and extension of water virtually unused today.
You can navigate around Sardinia planning routes below thirty miles, and always reserving port or shelter where can find refuge. Many boaters may also include in the most difficult technical transfer to overcome the stretches of coast discovered more.
Shelter and Cale
The variety of the coast of Sardinia offers many shelters and shelter allowing a more peaceful navigation as well as pleasing to the fact that they are always very beautiful places.
Bends, fjords, inlets, bays and islands are incredibly numerous, but some areas the coast is more linear and high so you will have navigation of a transfer.
These shelters are always fascinating and beautiful but it will be important check paper and portolani area where you surf because these are often shallow water and dried.
Lights and lanterns.
The Island has always been a place of transit for all of the boaters in Mediterranean and is well reported since antiquity.
Are numerous and the landing lights at long range is the network lanterns on steps and in the channels or between the islands. Always efficient and supervised by staff because, although the miraculous GPS map with which the safety of navigation is improved a lot, is always a good rule to know the traditional navigation experience with lights, lanterns and mede what the electronically says.
Arts & humanities marinara
In all coastal churches are votive offerings of the faithful who wanted to thank or ask for clemency of the elements of nature for their sailing community and those who worked at sea.
The history of seafaring Sardinian already at the beginning of civilization nuragica and archaeologists now agree in saying that they were boaters and experts who may come from its so-called Peoples of the Sea. Throughout history the people of Sardinia some areas needed to be away from the coast because the attacks that came from the sea does not allow him to live safely.
The sardinian nautical history often find issues to professions of the sea, fishing boats and fishermen are often subject and theme of paintings, carpets and decorations.
Diving and wrecks
The depths of the coasts of Sardinia are very interesting and rich of varieties and many expert divers from around the world come to immerse yourself in its transparent waters.
In addition to the beautiful environment, the underwater landscape offers numerous wrecks that, since Roman times and throughouthistory especially during the war, remained on the seabed and that are found along all coasts of the island. Ships and aircraft are more common but you can also explore, with the greatest attention and accompanied by authorized operators, even remains of important archaeological value.
Coastal Towers
The coast is edged by many fascinating towers from various eras.
Saracen, Punic, Roman and Aragons help today navigation and are shown on charts as points substantial.
Going to visit these beautiful buildings, making the maximum attention and respect of the premises, you can realize the strategic positions in which they were built and the landscape that you can enjoy is always exceptional.
Literature and books
Sardinian literature this is often the theme of the sea with figure of the fisherman who holds a wisdom and knowledge anthropological data from direct comparison with the elements of nature and technology means to them who are the faces boat and knowledge of the sailor.
There are many books and portolani illustrating Sardinia coasts and seabed. It would be better to consult more than one before undertake sailing around Sardinia and also acquire the updated charts of the various zones and in an adequate scale.
Are very useful even those that give a photographic visual of the conformation of the coast.
Internet
www.marenostrum.it
www.weatheronline.co.uk / sail.htm
www.meteofrance.com
www.sar.sardegna.it
www.meteoam.it
www.retedeiporti.it
www.sardegnaturismo.it
www.eurometeo.com
Updates
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Disclaimers
It is recommended to always use the maps and publications official bodies responsible for navigation. All information in this volume and the mapping are given by regarded as an invitation to navigation and nautical tourism, but not material in correspondence to navigation and which must always be done with maps and official publications.