Clash Magazine Covers Yacht Week's 20th Anniversary in Croatia
By Yacht Week
Posted on 17th August 2026
UK music title Clash Magazine joined Yacht Week's 20th anniversary week in Croatia and filed a live report on what seven days aboard the fleet actually looks like. Journalist Leah Fan was on board for the anniversary celebration, and the piece ran in Clash's Live section on 10th August 2026.
Quick facts
- Publication: Clash Magazine (UK)
- Reporter: Leah Fan
- Published: 10th August 2026
- Location: Croatia - Vis and Hvar
- Occasion: Yacht Week's 20th anniversary (Yacht Week was founded in 2006)
- Featured stop: Fort George, Vis
Clash places Yacht Week against Croatia's established electronic music scene, name-checking Hideout, Sonus and Defected, before making the case that the format works differently: instead of one site holding a fixed crowd for a weekend, the party moves through marinas, beaches and anchorages, resetting the setting most days.
A few details stood out in the report. The anniversary night itself was staged at Fort George, the 200-year-old fort on a hilltop above Vis. There's a wine tasting inside a former military tunnel, pouring wines mostly kept for local restaurants and Croatian communities rather than wide export. And Regatta morning, the weekly stretch where neighbouring yachts build their own themed outfits and onboard soundtrack, comes up as the clearest example of what actually holds the week together socially.
Clash's read on the anniversary, in short: two decades on, Yacht Week has scaled without losing the format it started with.
What is Fort George on Yacht Week Croatia? Fort George is a British-built fort on a hilltop above the island of Vis, now used as an evening stop on Yacht Week's Croatia routes. Read the full history of Fort George and its dinner service →
Read Clash Magazine's full live report on Yacht Week's 20th anniversary →
Curious what a week through Vis, Hvar and the rest of the Croatian coast actually looks like? See the Croatia route →