June 13 - Vieste - Ubli (island of Lastovo - Croatia) - 61 miles
No sleep this Sunday is at 6:15 as we begin this journey across the Adriatic to Croatia. The sea is rough and the wind not very well established, it varies in strength from 4 to 15 knots, which requires us to use the engine at times. However, about 10 hours, he moved east-northeast and then we're upwind at speed ... The visibility is not very good as evidenced by the photo radar, we are sometimes surrounded by cargo!
After a short lull around noon, it became stronger and blows to 15/20 knots when we arrive view of the island of Lastovo. Gradually, we distinguish the entrance to the Bay Ubli offering many good shelters, all well protected.
We opt for a small bay to the west, the space is limited because there are already two boats at anchor and in addition, the depth is 12 to 15 meters. Suffice to say that the ideal place is not easy to find and we have to take twice ... Just anchor she touched the ground when a dinghy coming towards us ... National Park, you must go the wallet to stay there! Croatian is the host and it's not over!
June 14 - Lastovo - Pomena - 27,000
After a peaceful night in this lovely place where we were awakened by the chirping of birds, we headed to the small port of Ubli located a few cables to make such formalities entry into the country.
We must go to the police, customs and then the harbor master to get there, with a tidy sum, permit navigation in the waters Croats. There is also a tax and we must finally pay 340 euros to be in good standing!
We then leave the island of Lastovo to set sail for the island Mljet distance of 25 miles, we reach the end of the afternoon. We find a good anchorage in a beautiful bay surrounded by woods west of Pomena which is a tourist center.
National Park requires a zodiac approaches us and we still have to pay a few kuna (local currency), but we can stay as long as we want. We will spend three days in this nice pleasant scenery and unspoiled wilderness, taking advantage of course the joys of swimming.
Wearing Pomena, located 2 miles further east is a tourist place where many tourists arrive (many French), we'll walk through rocky roads to do some shopping.
Thursday, June 17 - Pomena - Zaton - 37,000
It was another hot day with little wind. We still managed to go half the way to the first sailing along the coast of Mljet and the highly mountainous, the Croatian mainland. High pine-clad mountains fall directly into the sea ... Occasionally, small houses with red roofs to open a small bay. The scenery is magnificent.
Zaton Bay forms a deep indentation in the coast as a finger and its opening is in the south, the village has a small port at which we anchored near a chapel. The place seems very quiet.
Friday, June 18 - Zaton - Dubrovnik - 5000
wake with a start this morning at 6:00, the wind picked up suddenly and strong gusts swept the bay ... A loud noise made me understand that the anchor slips ... then recroche. We're a little closer to shore and stay on the alert. Fortunately, the gusts as they are constantly coming and we can have our breakfast quietly.
Around 9 am we leave and go up the river that leads to the Dubrovnik Marina around noon and we welcome our friends Dominique and Annie aboard Algieba.
The weather is very hot and stormy weather ... not very optimistic for the coming days.
Saturday, June 19 to Monday, June 21 - Dubrovnik
Saturday is devoted to visiting Dubrovnik, its beautiful old town ... and crowded with tourists. We stroll the streets, admiring the beautiful buildings and old houses, narrow streets made via stairs taking us to the heights of the city which offer magnificent views.
The streets and squares are all paved with marble, mark the rich history of this city.
Following the restoration of the city whose roof had sustained heavy damage during the war, the tiles are new and bright orange, which is rather unusual.
The next day we will visit another facet of Dubrovnik, its coastline with its residential houses, beaches and fashionable hotels such huge abandoned ... What a contrast!
Monday, we leave all four aboard a rented car towards the peninsula of Peljesac located a hundred kilometers north of Dubrovnik. The first visit is for Mali Ston, a small fishing village guarded by a medieval castle and the nearby village of Ston, more important. Both villages are connected by a high stone wall that runs through the mountain.
We continue our road to the tip of the peninsula, the road winds among vineyards everywhere and we reach the village of Orebic, where do we start a little hiking in the surrounding countryside. Since the little mountain, the view on the island of Korcula and other nearby islands is beautiful ... The deep blue sea!
Tuesday, June 22 - Dubrovnik - Zaton
The weather is poor, especially for the night when it's pouring ... During the day it goes but there are good winds. Today, mid-morning, the wind went northwest 20-25 knots with gusts. So we decide to go take shelter in the back bay of Zaton ... With the help of the sailor Dominique is an anchorage on 2 anchors to be quiet, well-hung and now Algieba to withstand powerful gusts that descend from the mountain.
This bay is very pretty and quiet, we'll do great ballads here in the countryside, discovering small villages and lush vegetation.
Thursday, June 24 - Zaton - Polace (island of Mljet) - 36 000
The wind is very irregular in the morning and gusty intersected calms. He then moved north / north-west, that is to say that we have in the face. We progress by tacking and the new sailor, Dominica, the arms is often bordering on the jib! We finally reach
Polace in the afternoon, it's a beautiful bay nestled in a large indentation in the North-east coast of Mljet. It is forested and surrounded by small islands that protect the sea.
Swimming is de rigueur in a clear, warm water and then a small visit the village which is a little tourism.
Friday, June 25 - Polace
The weather is beautiful and the day is devoted to a long walk in the park around two salt lakes. At lunchtime, we offer a picnic in a single site, sitting on benches facing a magnificent fifteenth-century monastery located on a small island ... Grandiose!
The day is hot and after a trek of 25 kms, we are happy to throw us all four to the water for proper cooling.
Saturday, June 26 - Polace-Badija Island - 15 miles
The Departure is early this morning to avoid the headwind in the afternoon, we sail sometimes sailing, sometimes the engine. Came close to Korcula, we must sometimes take a narrow channel that winds through lovely small islands and that leads us to our anchorage Badija, directly opposite a magnificent monastery was also the fifteenth century.
anchor falls on a sandy bottom with 4 feet deep, a small dock for water taxi nearby. We plan to use this means of transport for us to make the afternoon Korcula ... But the wind strengthens early in the afternoon veering west, making our anchorage a little less sheltered Algieba pulls hard on his chain. So after we put out and start exploring the island on foot Badija.
This island, heavily forested, home to a former holiday camp probably built in the time of Yugoslavia and now abandoned, a path crosses climbing along the hill is being restored, we walk to Calvary half-destroyed located at the top.
Sunday, June 27 - visit Korcula
After consultation with Dominique and Annie, we decided to take a water taxi for us go to Korcula ... We expect a good time, but it does not happen, tired of waiting, we decided to take the schedule and get a point not too far from the island of Korcula.
There we found a little place to let the schedule and start walking, backpacking, join the distant city of 4 miles.
The streets of the old city are arranged like fish bones with a central street where the cathedral and adjacent streets oriented to mitigate the effects of cold wind from east winter and ventilate through the summer mistral dominant. The house
Marco Polo is supposed to find ... A nice little restaurant for lunch brighten this pleasant visit.
Monday, June 28 - Badija - Hvar - 41,000
Still headwind program today for the ascent to Hvar. After sailing to the engine, we can hoist the sails and sail upwind to reach Hvar on a single board.
We arrive in the small port crowded and we do not find room for us to anchor or moor.
We then select a pretty little bay further north where we spend a peaceful night.
Tuesday, June 29 - Hvar
Around 10:00, we return to port Hoping that tickets will be released. Indeed we find a place with mooring forward on a mooring and two hawsers to the shore. After taking the dead weight (2 times), Dominique will be the moorings on the bank with the schedule ... brilliantly successful maneuver!
The cute little town is full of tourists but worth the visit with his street stairs that take us to the heights up to the castle overlooking the city and where the view is spectacular.
We do "business" market, where fruit and vegetables, for once, we find Croats friendly.
The night will not easy because groups of young people leaving nightclubs pass near the boat and are hardly discreet!
Wednesday, June 30 - Hvar - Split - 20 miles
Our friends must take the bus from Split to Dubrovnik to join. So we reach the marina in Split after a nice sailing and spend the afternoon visiting the old city of Split ... Beautiful and packed with tourists ... Really, Croatia!
A small fish restaurant in the evening and it's the end of two weeks in pleasant company of Dominic and Annie. It is with a twinge in my heart that we let them leave the next day to Brittany.
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