Bareboat skipper-for-hire, freelance charter skipper, and captained yacht deliveries — based in Pula, working across the Adriatic and Mediterranean.
Captain Ed is a freelance professional captain — credentialed, insured, and based year-round in Pula. The work is straightforward: I run boats for the people who own them, charter them, or need them moved.
That breaks into two service lines. Skipper services covers bareboat skipper-for-hire and freelance charter-company work — getting on a boat that's already booked or fleeted, and running her for the agreed dates. Yacht deliveries covers vessel movements of any distance, from a Pula-to-Trogir transfer to a Croatia-to-Greece passage. Same captain, same standard, billed at a clean day rate plus the obvious expenses.
About Captain EdBoth come down to the same thing — a credentialed captain on the helm of your boat for the dates that matter. The difference is whether the boat stays put or gets moved.
Bareboat skipper-for-hire and freelance charter-skipper work. For charter clients who've booked a bareboat and want a professional on the helm, owners between management programmes, and charter companies needing a captain on a particular boat for a particular week.
Captained vessel movements of any distance. A short Pula-to-Rovinj reposition, a Croatia-to-Italy crossing, a Croatia-to-Greece end-of-season run — same captain, same standard, billed at a clean day rate plus expenses. For owners, brokers, and charter fleets.
A captain who knows the wind on Tuesday is more valuable than a brochure that promises sunshine.
— The Working PrincipleThe Adriatic is famously gentle for ten months of the year and famously not for the other two. The bora can show up sideways in twenty minutes. Whether the job is a delivery, a charter week, or a sea-trial run for a broker - a captain who's worked these straits in every season is the difference between a boat that arrives on schedule and a story you'd rather not tell.
Twenty years aboard. Croatian Yachtmaster A. STCW certified. American Sailing Association instructor. Active professional indemnity insurance. The credentials are real — but the value is the half-second decisions they cover.
The Captain's BackgroundPula sits at the southern tip of Istria, with three of the most beautiful sailing grounds in Europe within a half-day's reach. North to Rovinj and the Limski Fjord. East across the Kvarner channel to Cres, Lošinj, Krk and Rab. South to the open Adriatic and the offshore islands. These are the waters I work in week after week — for charter weeks, deliveries, and short repositions.
See the RoutesWhatsApp is fastest. A quick note about the boat, the dates, and where she needs to be — I'll come back inside the day with options and a clean number.