Mai salito su una barca a vela. Otto giorni, cinque tappe, 150 miglia da Lussino in Croazia a Marina di San Giorgio. Di queste, 120 miglia passate al timone con vento che in vari casi ha permesso una velocità fino ad 8 nodi. Abbiamo passato il golfo di Trieste con il bel gennaker azzurro-blu del […]
Primošten – Kaprije 20/8 | Day 52 | 15 NM No wind at all. Slow motoring towards Kornati, taking sun and rest. As the wind for night was predicted to increase from SW, we took shelter in Kaprije bay, and slept safely on a mooring buoy. Kaprije – Pašman (U. Soline) 21/8 | Day 53 | 38 NM And
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Dubrovnik – Slano 14/8 | Day 46 | 15 NM Again we left marina in Dubrovnik very close to the threshold 14 o’clock. We headed west to the Elaphite islands which we had missed last time. With occasional help of wind we sailed to a bay of Lopud, where we took a swim and some more
11/8 The big passage: Corfu – Dubrovnik 233 NM in 43 hours Courtney, Matthew, and Jonathan boarded in Corfu and within 30 minutes of meeting were deep in philosophical conversation and ouzo. When Dominick came back from the airport to find us dancing on the deck to Greek folk music, i am sure he thought
31/7 Zakynthos – Katakolo After lunch we headed to the southernmost destination of our cruise, Katakolo. After just four hours of navigation – a little bit of sailing and then motoring, we arrived in the evening to the city quay in Katakolo. There was nothing to see, so we stayed on the boat, cooked diner
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23/7 Day 26: Corfu (Gouvia Marina) – N. Ay. Nikolaos Before we set off sailing again we spent 2 days touring around Corfu island in a trusty rented Fiat Panda. The trip consisted of visits to picturesque beaches topped off by a visit to the infamous British party town of Kavos (but just for an
12/7 Day off in Cavtat The beauty of the bay of Uvala Tiha swayed us to stay on anchor an extra night – the complete absence of wind was also a factor. The crew made the most of the free day by swimming in the crystalline waters and baking on the deck under a cloudless sky.
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8/7 Day 18: Mljet – Dubrovnik (YC Orsan) 46,2 NM – Not a swimming type of morning. Clouds covered all the sky and wind started to blow strong even into famously well sheltered bay Polače. We raised two handkerchiefs instead of sails and headed out. Eight hours of fantastic tough sailing against the wind up to 30 knots!
