Lead skipper, Nini Travel Agency

Tonci Jakšić

Boat driver and skipper with more than ten years on the Adriatic. Has run other people's yachts and his own, and still gets excited when the water turns that impossible blue.

Tonći has been on the water professionally for over a decade. He started on charter yachts up and down the Croatian coast, learned the channels and anchorages the hard way, and eventually ran his own boats out of Split harbour. These days he skippers private days for Nini Travel Agency and still checks the forecast before most people have had breakfast. He cares about the small things. A dry towel on the swim platform, cold water in the cooler, getting you to the Blue Lagoon before the afternoon rush. He knows which bays stay flat when the maestral picks up and which side of an island to anchor when the bora is coming. His guides here are what he tells guests on the boat anyway. Bring sunscreen, trust the skipper on timing, and leave room in the day to just float somewhere with no name on the map.