Founder & Lead Captain

Meet Marin Kovačević

One Croatian. Eleven seasons on the Adriatic. One Pasara 5 HP that became a nine-vessel fleet at Marina Frapa.

Boat Charter Dubrovnik is owner-operated — the captain who replies to your WhatsApp is the same person whose name sits on the Croatian Maritime Authority licence. Marin built this operation alone in 2015 and still runs every booking and the October–April dispatch desk himself.

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Marin Kovačević, founder and lead captain of Boat Charter Dubrovnik, at Marina Frapa

Timeline

2007 → today · the operation in ten dates.

2007
Sailing-school instructor at Yacht Club Orsan, Lapad. Three thousand-odd hours of teaching beginners how to read the bura and time the mistral.
2010
Croatian Maritime Authority Cat. C commercial skipper licence — issued by the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure.
2014
Last season instructing at Orsan. Decision to start the charter operation made over winter.
2015
Bought the original Pasara 5 HP. Registered Obrt Boat Charter Dubrovnik with Trgovački sud. Season one: 27 charters, all by WhatsApp.
2018
Second boat — Barracuda 530 RIB self-drive. Two-boat days when the calendar called for it.
2019
Fisher 20 Sun-Deck added. Three self-drive vessels covering the no-licence-exemption demand.
2021
Quicksilver 675 — first skippered boat in the fleet. Two senior captains brought in for peak weeks.
2022
Cap Camarat 6.5 CC + Quicksilver 755 SD added for family / multi-generation demand.
2023
Cap Camarat 9.0 CC luxury flagship + Barracuda 545 RIB + Quicksilver 805 SD. Full-day Hvar / Korčula reach.
2025
~1,200 charter departures. The 2015 Pasara is still the most-rented self-drive boat in the fleet.

Crew

The dispatch desk is one person. The peak crew is three.

Founder, Owner & Lead Captain

Marin Kovačević

Born and raised in Dubrovnik's Lapad neighbourhood. Sailing-school instructor at Yacht Club Orsan from 2007 to 2014. Founded the charter operation in 2015 with a single 5 HP Pasara out of Marina Frapa. Eleven seasons later the fleet runs to nine vessels — and Marin still logs every charter himself.

Credentials

Croatian Maritime Authority Cat. C commercial skipper licence (since 2010)
Sea-rescue auxiliary certified
VHF radio operator certificate
First-aid certified · Hrvatski Crveni križ 2026–2028

Languages: English · Croatian · Italian · German (conversational)

Senior Captain

Ivo Bukavica

12 years on Dalmatian waters. Joins the operation for the peak June–September weeks. Croatian Cat. C captain with the same first-aid and VHF certifications as Marin.

Credentials

Croatian Maritime Authority Cat. C commercial skipper licence
First-aid certified
VHF radio operator certificate

Languages: English · Croatian

Senior Captain

Tonči Šimunović

8 years on Dalmatian waters. Peak-season captain on the Quicksilver 805 and Cap Camarat 9.0. Cat. C licensed.

Credentials

Croatian Maritime Authority Cat. C commercial skipper licence
First-aid certified
VHF radio operator certificate

Languages: English · Croatian · Italian

Compliance

The compliance file is open.

Booking through this site is booking through the named operator on the licence — Marin emails any of the certificates below as a PDF the same hour you ask.

Cat. C licensed Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure
First-aid certified Hrvatski Crveni križ (Croatian Red Cross)
Sea-rescue auxiliary Croatian Coast Guard
€1M passenger liability Croatia osiguranje
HGK Tourism member Croatian Chamber of Economy
Tourist Board partner Turistička zajednica Dubrovnik

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