After clearing customs in Cavtat on the 11th August we anchored in the bay for the night and planned our journey and the places that we wanted to see. We had heard from Simon (Nicha) that Lastovo was worth a visit so decided that we would head that way, the next morning Steve plotted our course for Sunj bay on Lopud Island some 11 nautical miles, the wind wasn't really in our favour so we motor sailed most of the way arriving just on lunch time, we dropped the anchor and had a leisurely afternoon with lunch and a swim. The next day we set sail for Pomena Bay on the Island of Miljet, this is a part of the southern National Park and we had anchored here with the Hacker family on board,we got in a good days sailing, travelling 37nm with only 3 engine hours so Steve was happy, I must say so was I, it is very nice travelling along with only the sound of the boat moving through the water, very peaceful and relaxing.
14th August
We left at 9.15am hoping for a good sail to Skrivena Luka on Lastovo but this was not to be as the wind turned around on us but still we managed about an hour of sailing and motored the rest some 19nm. this was a quiet little bay with 2 Konoba's that had piers with electricity hook ups and water but you could anchor in the bay which we thought was free but it turns out not as the Lastovo Islands are part of a conservation park, and rangers come around to collect a fee for the park, we were below deck having a late afternoon siesta when they called and didn't hear them so ended up having a free night.
15th August
Next port of call was Jurjeva Luka on Lastovo as we needed to restock the cupboards, we dropped the anchor and rowed ashore in search of a super market, only to find that the nearest one was 5kms away. We decided it was too hot to walk so got a taxi and arranged for him to come back and pick us up a couple of hours later. We decided to buy lunch and have a cold drink and found a nice Konoba with a view out across the harbour. The Croatians have certainly mastered the art of making a pizza! I did a shop for supplies while Steve had a coffee and then we waited for the taxi to return, he was late and we thought that maybe he had forgotten us so we started walking. We had gotten maybe a kilometre down the road and were not looking forward to walking the rest of the way back when he turned up much to our relief. It was straight back to the boat for a cooling swim and Pivo time.
16th August
We planned for a big day today as Simon (Nicha) told us that Susac Island was worth a visit. We set sail at 8am arriving at 11.30am and found a lovely bay to anchor in, we had to set a stern anchor as it was quite deep. We had the place to ourselves the water was so clear, you could see all the way to the bottom some 20 metres and the most beautiful Aqua colour. We had a lovely skinny dip and a cold fresh water shower off the stern, then lunch. Unfortunately we couldn't stay the night as there was not enough protection so we set sail back to Lastovo. We anchored in Mali Logo and had a lovely nights sleep after our long day.
17th August
We decided to go back to Jurjeva Luka as we hadn't really explored this bay and there was a lot to see. This was an old naval base and where we were anchored was the Naval port. The pier had railway lines that went into 2 large tunnels and in the next bay was a Uboat bunker. There was old buildings that were from the 2nd world war period and modern buildings from the Croatian naval time that were all abandoned and crumbling, what a waste! I just can't understand why they can't put them to another use! We rowed ashore and explored the buildings and tunnels, then walked over to the next bay to look at the U boat bunker. As there is so much to see we decided to stay another night. The next day we walked up to the Lookout bunker at the top of the Hill, wow what a view, we even found a decaying camouflaged binoculars' case.
19th August
Departed 8.30am heading for the top of Korcula Island, went into Vela Luka to fill up with diesel, then we picked up a buoy with the intention of stopping for the night and picking up a few supplies but Steve was not happy with the buoys and the protection that we would get from the expected wind direction so we decided to head for Tri Luka, we had stayed here for one night previously with Tracey & Wayne, but after 3 attempts we could not get good holding on the anchor so decided to look for another place to stop for the night. We motored further down the coast of Korcula and found a lovely little bay on the Island of Zvironovik. We had dropped the anchor after establishing that we had good holding we settled down to a cold pivo. A couple of youngsters in a local fishing boat spied our flag and started motoring around us in circles making faces and beating their chests we can only assume that they were trying to do the Haka. They soon tired of this and disappeared across the channel to home and Dinner. We had a peaceful night and a good sleep ready for the next days challenges.
All is good on Slit Enz
Until the next instalment.
Ange
14th August
We left at 9.15am hoping for a good sail to Skrivena Luka on Lastovo but this was not to be as the wind turned around on us but still we managed about an hour of sailing and motored the rest some 19nm. this was a quiet little bay with 2 Konoba's that had piers with electricity hook ups and water but you could anchor in the bay which we thought was free but it turns out not as the Lastovo Islands are part of a conservation park, and rangers come around to collect a fee for the park, we were below deck having a late afternoon siesta when they called and didn't hear them so ended up having a free night.
15th August
Next port of call was Jurjeva Luka on Lastovo as we needed to restock the cupboards, we dropped the anchor and rowed ashore in search of a super market, only to find that the nearest one was 5kms away. We decided it was too hot to walk so got a taxi and arranged for him to come back and pick us up a couple of hours later. We decided to buy lunch and have a cold drink and found a nice Konoba with a view out across the harbour. The Croatians have certainly mastered the art of making a pizza! I did a shop for supplies while Steve had a coffee and then we waited for the taxi to return, he was late and we thought that maybe he had forgotten us so we started walking. We had gotten maybe a kilometre down the road and were not looking forward to walking the rest of the way back when he turned up much to our relief. It was straight back to the boat for a cooling swim and Pivo time.
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| Split Enz anchored in Jerjeva Luka |
16th August
We planned for a big day today as Simon (Nicha) told us that Susac Island was worth a visit. We set sail at 8am arriving at 11.30am and found a lovely bay to anchor in, we had to set a stern anchor as it was quite deep. We had the place to ourselves the water was so clear, you could see all the way to the bottom some 20 metres and the most beautiful Aqua colour. We had a lovely skinny dip and a cold fresh water shower off the stern, then lunch. Unfortunately we couldn't stay the night as there was not enough protection so we set sail back to Lastovo. We anchored in Mali Logo and had a lovely nights sleep after our long day.
17th August
We decided to go back to Jurjeva Luka as we hadn't really explored this bay and there was a lot to see. This was an old naval base and where we were anchored was the Naval port. The pier had railway lines that went into 2 large tunnels and in the next bay was a Uboat bunker. There was old buildings that were from the 2nd world war period and modern buildings from the Croatian naval time that were all abandoned and crumbling, what a waste! I just can't understand why they can't put them to another use! We rowed ashore and explored the buildings and tunnels, then walked over to the next bay to look at the U boat bunker. As there is so much to see we decided to stay another night. The next day we walked up to the Lookout bunker at the top of the Hill, wow what a view, we even found a decaying camouflaged binoculars' case.
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| view from the look out at top of Prezba Island where we were Anchored at Jurjeva Luka |
19th August
Departed 8.30am heading for the top of Korcula Island, went into Vela Luka to fill up with diesel, then we picked up a buoy with the intention of stopping for the night and picking up a few supplies but Steve was not happy with the buoys and the protection that we would get from the expected wind direction so we decided to head for Tri Luka, we had stayed here for one night previously with Tracey & Wayne, but after 3 attempts we could not get good holding on the anchor so decided to look for another place to stop for the night. We motored further down the coast of Korcula and found a lovely little bay on the Island of Zvironovik. We had dropped the anchor after establishing that we had good holding we settled down to a cold pivo. A couple of youngsters in a local fishing boat spied our flag and started motoring around us in circles making faces and beating their chests we can only assume that they were trying to do the Haka. They soon tired of this and disappeared across the channel to home and Dinner. We had a peaceful night and a good sleep ready for the next days challenges.
All is good on Slit Enz
Until the next instalment.
Ange
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