General rules

GENERAL RULES, ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE, FOOD, DIVING, CABINS, PARKING AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR DIVING AND CRUISING ON M/Y ‘’VRANJAK I”
The information provided here is for your convenience. Please read it carefully!!!
If you have any additional questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

1. ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE INFORMATION
a) Each tour on the M/Y “Vranjak I” starts from the port of Sukošan, 15 km south of Zadar. Please schedule your arrival on the first day of the cruise (Saturday) at 13:00. The ship leaves the port in Sukošan at 15:00 in the direction of Kukljica on the island of Ugljan regardless of the scheduled route.
b) You have enough time from 13:00 to 15:00 to park your car and load all your luggage and gear. A trolley for ease of transport of your luggage and gear from the car to the dock is always available on the main pier at the Sukošan port.
c) The ship arrives in the port of departure on Friday night. The next day (Saturday) you have breakfast on the ship but you are kindly requested to disembark with all your luggage and gear by 09:00 latest.
d) If you are running late when arriving, you should notify the crew immediately by phone at +385 98 176 0345.
e) If you are not unable to start the cruise on the first day, special arrangements can be made in advance for late arrival on the following day. Late arrival depends on the scheduled route and must be arranged and agreed with the crew well in advance.

2. FOOD
a) On the first day of the cruise (Saturday), there is no lunch on the boat and only dinner is served.
b) For all other cruise days, full board is available as follows: breakfast is served at 08:00, lunch at 12:30, and dinner at 19:00. Lunch consists of a soup, main course and a salad. Dinner consists of a main course and a salad. Deserts and cold side dishes are served 5 to 6 times a week after lunch or dinner.
c) We can serve vegetarian and vegan meals just as part of main meal. This means that there will be no specially prepared vegetarian or vegan meals! Vegan and vegetarian meals will be served only as side dishes of the main meal!
d.) Gluten free and non-lactose meals will be prepared if notified in advance. We can also cater to those who do not eat fish or sea food. All information about specific dietary needs including food allergies, gluten free diet, vegetarian or vegan requirements should be given in advance for provisioning, and latest 24 hours before the start of the cruise.
e) Guests who require a gluten free diet are advised to bring some gluten free groceries with them (i.e. gluten free pasta, gluten free bread). Guests with food allergies or other dietary requirements are kindly requested to provide at the time of booking a list of foods they can safely eat, so necessary arrangements and provisioning can be made prior to your arrival.
f.) If you make plans to have dinner off board (i.e. in a restaurant at a port of call), we kindly ask you to notify the crew no later than by the end of lunch on the same day in order to prevent food from being wasted unnecessarily.
g.) The menu is prepared in advance, based on the provisions and. Please note, we are, unfortunately, not able to provide “á la carte” (made-to-order) meals.
h.) For full charter groups, additional arrangements can be made for special made-to-order meals including steaks, scampi, lobster, octopus, calamari, etc. at extra charge.

3. DRINKS
a) Guests are not allowed to bring any drinks on the ship with them, unless previously approved by the management.
b) Tap water, tea and instant coffee is available free of charge. Bottled water is available at a charge.
c) Drinks available at a charge on board are: beer, Coca-Cola (0,25 dcl), wine (0,75 l) red and white, espresso Lavazza coffee, water (still or with gas 0,5 L).
d) A full charter option of ship’s fridge rental is available at a flat fee.

4. PASSPORT, IDENTITY DOCUMENTS AND DIVING CERTIFICATES
On arrival, all guests are required to provide their valid identity documents (passports or identity cards) for tourist tax registration purposes. Guests are also required to provide valid diving certificates for the ship’s dive log and certification limits. All our customers must sign statement of risk and liability before they start to dive.

5. CABINS AND TOWELS
a) All cabins are equipped with air conditioning, a toilet and a shower.
b) To prevent toilets from becoming clogged as well as for the sake of the environment, it is strictly prohibited to flush down the toilet anything except the special, bio-degradable toilet paper which will be provided.
c) The toilets are flushed by a manual start and stop system. To conserve fresh water, please make sure you stop the flushing after use!
d) The ship is equipped with 10 double bed cabins. 4 cabins are located on the upper deck and 6 cabins are located on the lower deck.
e) All lower deck cabins are equipped with portholes. For safety, guests are kindly requested to keep the portholes closed at all times. It is allowed to open the toilett portholes only at night when the ship is anchored or docked, and the sea is calm. Please don’t forget to close them in the morning before we set leave port.
f) Each guest will be provided with 2 bathroom towels per week. We kindly ask guests to bring with them towels for swimming and sunbathing.

6. DIVING RULES, GEAR AND SEA CONDITIONS a) The ship is equipped with 12L cylinders, 15L cylinders, 11L or 80CF aluminum cylinders, 2L and 3L rebreather cylinders, side-mount, booster pump, oxygen, sofnolime, wet suits, BCDs, masks, fins and regulators. The price includes rental of the 12L cylinder and weight belt. The rental of all other equipment at a charge must be ordered in advanced. For prices, please check the optional price list.
b) All cylinders have double valves.
c) Guests who wish to bring and use their private cylinders are required to bring their valid cylinder certificates (TÜV). For legal and safety reasons it is not possible to fill cylinders without certificates or with certificates that have expired.
d) Each diver will be assigned his own position on the deck where it is possible to affix the cylinder with a small storage area underneath it. Guests are kindly requested to keep their area neat and tidy for everyone’s enjoyment.
e) We kindly ask you to remember to remove the first stage(s) from both cylinder valves for filling after the first dive.
f) Please note that the maximum number of dives for a 7 day cruise is 12 dives and night dive is not available
g) Dive guide, on Vranjak I is actually diving supervisor who takes care about compressors and filling of diving cylinders. His/her main job is to give detailed briefing, lead the group on demanding dive sites, fix and secure the boat on diving site and fast reaction in case of diving accident. Dive guide cannot be your personal instructor! In case that you need someone to guide you on every single dive, please make request before your arrival. In this case you will arrange with diving instructor conditions and prices.
h) Please note that there is no diving (this includes a check dive) on the day of the arrival (Saturday).
i) The surface sea temperature can vary significantly depending on the season and can range between 18° – 26° C. The depth of the thermocline is usually below 20 m, and the average temperature there is between 15° – 20° C depending on the season. For personal comfort and enjoyment, as well as for safety reasons, we highly recommend guests use thick (7 mm) wet suites, semi dry suits or dry suites with light insulation. Exceptionally, for cruises in July and August, a 5 mm wet suit with an additional shorty can be used.
k) Guests are kindly reminded to obey their certification depths. Diving alone (without a buddy) and beyond the certificate depth limit is strictly prohibited!
l) It is prohibited to drink alcohol any time before diving.
m) All guests are required to accept and sign risk and liability statements and are required to notify the dive guide if they have any health issues which pose a risk to diving.
n) All divers are required to have their own DSMB (delayed surface marker buoy, decompression buoy, surface marker buoy) with them during the dive!
o) It is highly recommendable to have at least 30 to 40 dives before joining our tours on M/Y ‘’VranjakI’’! Adriatic Sea and diving conditions can hardly be compared with diving in Red Sea or any other warm water destination. Pay attention that our dive sites are deeper, sea is colder and winds are blowing from different directions changing their directions frequently! Although we are opened for all certification levels, we highly recommend some previous diving experience and AOWD +deep specialty certificate. In case that you want to upgrade your level of diving education you can do it on our boat as well with previous announcement.

7. WI-FI
Wi-Fi is free and available throughout the ship on almost all routes. There might be some select isolated areas outside of signal coverage where Wi-Fi will not be available.

8. PARKING
a) Parking is available for price of 50 euro per car/per week.
b) For parking, please follow these instructions:
   1) Park near the coastline and pay the parking for 1-2 hours. (1,5 euro/1 hour). Address: Donje more 47, 23206 Sukošan, Croatia
   2) Use the carts to carry your luggage to the ship that is located at the end of the pier and leave your luggage on the boat
   3) The secured parking lot is located at the address: 7. domobranske pukovnije HV 18, Sukošan opposite the family house.
   4) After leaving your car on safe parking, you can return by yourself on the boat (10 min walk)

9. ROUTES
a) The ship makes a stop (a port of call) every night during the cruise. Every night the port of call is different.
b) If you wish to disembark from the ship and visit the port of call, we recommend doing it after dinner. Please note the ship leaves the port each morning during breakfast at around 08:00.
c) The Captain reserves the right to change the route without prior notice due to weather conditions and other safety factors.
d) The ports of call in the route description are a general guideline. Weather and sea conditions, crowding and other factors might make it impossible to anchor or dock in a port of call. An alternate location will be used in such cases.

10. ELETRICITY AND AIR CONDITIONING
a) In general, AC 230V electricity is available 24 h when sailing or when docking in a port.
b) Please note that there are certain environmentally protected areas where the electricity generator must be switched off at night (i.e. Kornati national park). When anchoring in those locations the electricity will not be available, between 23:00 and 07:00, and the electrical sockets will not work.
c) Please note that if the anchoring position prohibits the use of the electricity generator at night, from 23:00 to 07:00, the Air conditioning will also not work.

11. GENERAL SHIP RULES
a) We kindly ask our guests to be considerate to other guests on the ship. Please refrain from making excessive noise or listening to loud music when moored after 22:00 h.
b) Please note we are not able to accept any credit cards as form of payment. ATMs are easily available in almost all larger ports.
c) Please note the saloon is strictly a dry zone. Please do not enter if you’re wet (diving suits, bathing suits).
d) We kindly ask our guests, as a courtesy to other guests, to take care and use door knobs when opening and closing doors. Please, do not slam the doors.
e) To make sure guests are not left behind in ports of call, please do not leave the ship in the morning without notifying the crew.
f) Please note that the ship floor is often wet. To prevent injuries, please be careful at all times and avoid running on the deck.

12. TRANSFERS, TAXI AND ACCOMODATION SERVICE
a) Transfers from Zadar or Split Airport can be arranged at extra cost. Please ask when booking.
b) Taxi and bus transfers for individuals and groups can also be arranged at extra cost. Also, please ask when booking.
c) Please note that the distance from Zadar Airport to Sukošan is 10 km and the drive should take 15 min in normal traffic. The distance from Split Airport to Sukošan is 125 km and the drive should take 90 minutes in normal traffic. Please bear in mind that the traffic in the summer can be quite heavy and the drive can take significantly longer.
e) Please check the optional price list for the prices of the transfers.

13. NITROX / EAN
a) Nitrox mixtures (i. e. EAN32, EAN36) are AVAILABLE, but they must be organized in advance!!!
b) For advanced divers diving deeper dives, we can provide filling of EAN50 or 100 % oxygen only for stage and CCR cylinders at an extra charge.

14. DIVING RULES
a.) You are allowed to dive strictly in the limits of your diving certificate!!!
b.) You cannot dive in any way if you do not possess diving certificate!!!
c.) Maximum deco time is 10 minutes and maximum time of diving is 1 hour!
d.) You cannot dive alone!
e.) It is compulsory to bring your own DSMB buoy!
f.) It is mandatory that you must exit the water with a minimum of 50 bars!!!

Cancellation Fees and Payment Policy

- The final reservation of the date is confirmed by paying 30% of the total amount and the remaining amount must be paid at least 5 weeks before the start of the cruise.
- In case of cancellation before the specified deadline of 5 weeks, the Krešimir Line d.o.o. agency retains the amount of the advance payment.
- In case of cancellation within 5 weeks before the start of the cruise, the Krešimir Line d.o.o. agency retains the entire amount.
- If the Krešimir Line d.o.o. agency finds a replacement for the canceled reservation, the entire amount is refunded.