05:45 CEST from Pescara. At first light, 5 minutes before sunrise (05:51 CEST).
Arrive
About 17:42 CEST at Numana. In the late afternoon, with about 2 hours 50 minutes of daylight in hand (sunset 20:33 CEST).
Tides
Range about 0.3 m: no practical effect
Wind
The maestrale is on the bow in the afternoon
Boat
35 to 38 ft sailing yacht, 1.9 m draught, 6 kn under sail, 5.5 kn under engine
Crew
Skipper and 3 crew, 2 watches of 2. A 12-hour day: meals prepared ahead
Track and waypoints 1 to 5, with ports of refuge as squares.
Go or no-go
Decide the evening before and confirm at 05:15 CEST. Go only if all of these hold:
No wind above force 5, and no north-westerly above force 4.
Numana berth confirmed.
Visibility 3 nm or more: the platforms must be seen.
The Pescara entrance passable at the departure time.
If the weather is wrong, stay at Pescara. San Benedetto del Tronto and Porto San Giorgio split the leg.
Route and waypoints
Waypoints are planning positions in open water, checked against a 1:10m coastline to be at least 1.5 nm off land except at the harbour ends. Distances and courses are calculated from them. Plot every one on the current chart before use. Courses are true.
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Waypoint
Latitude
Longitude
Course
Leg nm
Total nm
ETA
Notes
0
Marina di Pescara
42°27.8′N
014°13.8′E
05:45 CEST
Depart at first light.
1
Pescara approach
42°28.0′N
014°14.5′E
069°T
0.6
0.6
05:53 CEST
Out to the east.
2
East of the Pescara platforms
42°40.0′N
014°24.0′E
030°T
13.9
14.5
08:02 CEST
Outside the gas field off Pescara.
3
Offshore of Jole
43°05.0′N
014°02.0′E
327°T
29.8
44.2
12:36 CEST
About 5 nm east of the Jole platform.
4
Offshore of San Giorgio
43°20.0′N
013°55.0′E
341°T
15.9
60.1
15:03 CEST
About 3 nm north-east of San Giorgio Mare.
5
Numana approach
43°30.5′N
013°38.0′E
310°T
16.2
76.3
17:32 CEST
East of the harbour. Check on the chart
6
Porto di Numana
43°30.7′N
013°37.4′E
295°T
0.5
76.8
17:42 CEST
Position approximate. Check on the chart
Tides and time
Pescara · Wed 28 Jul · CEST (UTC+2)
LW
04:28
-0.0 m
HW
14:28
0.3 m
From the Ortona station.
Numana · Wed 28 Jul · CEST (UTC+2)
LW
02:57
-0.1 m
HW
17:21
0.3 m
From the Ancona station.
Wednesday 28 July 2027. Tides. The range here is 0.1 to 0.3 m: tides make no practical difference. Wind and air pressure move the sea level more than the tide does.
Pescara uses the Ortona station and Numana the Ancona station.
Tide times are predictions made for this plan from the TICON-4 harmonic constants (DGFI-TUM) with the Neaps tide predictor, because the official 2027 tables were not yet published when it was written. Tested against the official APDL table for Leixões on 23 July 2026, the predicted times were within 8 minutes and the heights 0.1 to 0.2 m lower. Heights are above lowest astronomical tide. Check every time against the official 2027 table before sailing.
Daylight. Sunrise at Pescara 05:51 CEST. Sunset at Numana 20:33 CEST.
Weather
A straight coast with harbours only at Giulianova, San Benedetto, Porto San Giorgio and Civitanova.
Maestrale on the bow in the afternoon: the early start keeps most of the leg in the calm morning.
Forecasts to check
Italian forecasts: Aeronautica Militare Meteomar and gale warnings (avviso di burrasca), meteoam.it. Forecast areas Ionio, Adriatico meridionale and Adriatico centrale. Zone names and issue times: Check the pilot book
NAVTEX: Italian stations cover the Ionian and Adriatic; check the station letters and times on the receiver. Check on the chart
Italian coast radio VHF weather broadcasts: Check the pilot book
Hazards
Gas platforms. Dozens of gas platforms stand off this coast, some as close as 2 km from the shore, each lit and charted. The official list (UNMIG, end of 2025) was used to keep the track at least 1.5 nm from the platforms named on this plan's map, but there are more structures than are shown. Keep a lookout, keep well clear and do not pass between a platform and its tenders. The size of any exclusion zone round them could not be checked. Check on the chart
Fishing. Trawlers from San Benedetto del Tronto, one of the Adriatic's largest fishing ports.
Conero. Rocks lie off every point of the Conero cliffs, and the cliffs shed rock. Numana's access rules could not be read. Check the pilot book
Ports of refuge
Port
From the route
Use it when
Notes
Pescara
Start
Within the first hour
Marina.
San Benedetto del Tronto
8 nm west of waypoint 3
Weather turns
Check the pilot book
Civitanova Marche
8 nm west of waypoint 4
Weather turns
Check the pilot book
Ancona
7 nm north-west of Numana
Numana full
Marina Dorica.
Pilotage
Leaving Pescara
Leave the marina at first light, carefully over the entrance, and head north-east to clear the gas field.
Into Numana
Approach from the east.
Call the mooring cooperative (071 933 0847) or the Circolo Nautico (071 933 1542) for a berth. VHF: Check the pilot book
Lights on the way
Pescara
Check on the chart
Gas platforms
Each lit; see the chart
Ancona, Colle Cappuccini
Fl(4) 30s, 118 m, 25 M
Communications
Numana mooring cooperative
071 933 0847
Circolo Nautico, Numana
071 933 1542
Lega Navale, Numana
071 933 1363
Emergency at sea, Italy (Guardia Costiera)
VHF 16, DSC 70 · 1530
Emergency on land
112
Contingencies
Behind time. If waypoint 3 is not reached by 11:30 CEST, go into San Benedetto del Tronto.
Person overboard. Shout, point, throw the danger buoy, press MOB, DSC distress alert, Mayday on 16.
Before leaving
Forecasts read and logged before the go or no-go time
Italian notices to mariners (Avvisi ai naviganti) checked for the route
Waypoints entered and checked against the chart
Ship's log started in UTC
Crew briefing: route, watches, safety gear, MOB, fog
Numana berth booked
Meals for a 12-hour day prepared
Fuel for 13 hours under engine, plus a reserve
Water, food and hot drinks for 14 hours
Lifejackets with crotch straps, jackstays rigged, harnesses
Liferaft, grab bag, flares in date, handheld VHF
Radar, AIS and navigation lights tested
Passports, boat papers and insurance aboard
Sources
Numana: Italian Wikipedia, Porto di Numana; turismonumana.it.
Monte Conero: Italian Wikipedia.
Gas platforms: UNMIG, Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, platform list at 31 December 2025 (unmig.mase.gov.it).
Lights on the Italian Adriatic: English Wikipedia, List of lighthouses in Italy; Lighthouse Directory (ibiblio.org/lighthouse).
Italian harbour ordinances (Capitanerie di porto) could not be read for this plan: guardiacostiera.gov.it was unreachable. Check the pilot book
Tides: predictions from TICON-4 harmonic constants (Hart-Davis, Dettmering and Seitz, DGFI-TUM, 2025, doi 10.17882/109129) with Neaps (openwaters.io). Check against the Instituto Hidrográfico 2027 tables.
Sunrise and sunset: calculated (NOAA method).
Lights: The Lighthouse Directory (Rowlett), ibiblio.org/lighthouse, Portugal pages revised August 2024. Cross-check with the IH List of Lights, volume I.