Our second overnight crossing

A week after our first overnight crossing, we performed our second. I still need to report on things we did and saw in Italy in between, but I wanted to post this while it was still fresh… We hadn’t planned on another overnight crossing, but a day or so beforehand, it became the best option. […]

Our first overnight crossing

It was time. Time to make our longest passage planned for the year – a crossing of the Adriatic Sea from Montenegro to the east coast of Italy. We had recently arrived back in what felt like our “home” port of Porto Montenegro after a pretty easy 6-7 hour passage from Dubrovnik. The only adventure […]

What a high note – Dubrovnik

If you ever visit Croatia, the city of Dubrovnik is a must see. The Old Town is just stunning, and the other parts of the city we saw were also beautiful. We had the opportunity to experience it with dear friends from Ireland, Canice and Bronagh. They came for a quick weekend and were great […]

Amazing Island hopping

We had one week to get from Trogir down to Dubrovnik to collect our next guests. This time, we visited nothing but islands and loved the change of pace. Of course, the weather dictated it’s fair share… We left Trogir without delay to catch a weather window, and said goodbye to the promenade and castle […]

Past, Present or Future?

Please excuse me for getting somewhat philosophical with this one, but that can happen when you spend hours on the sea… Riding in my favorite spot at the bow, I was staring down for a while at the water below. Looking up, I could eye our next destination, Zadar, in the distance. A metaphorical thought […]

Croatia, friends, dolphins, and yoga?

It was time to return to Croatia and collect our dear friends from California, Howard and Mel. In order to do so, we were in four ports in one day: Izola – where we were leaving Piran – where we had to visit the police station to check out of Slovenia (easy) Umag – in […]

Suprising Slovenia

A calm six-hour motor sail from Caorle brought us to Izola, Slovenia. For the third time in a row, I had to haul lines and fenders over to our starboard side at the last minute because we were instructed to do yet another side docking. (We are normally ready for med mooring.) An advantage to […]

Run out of Venice

We were chased out by the mosquitos. Also the mugginess. But mostly the mosquitoes. Our marina location was quite marshy with much still water, so we couldn’t sit outside or even open the windows that don’t have nets (which is most of them). Conor was on his own for a week with no one else […]

Our view of Venice

We enjoyed a beautiful, calm 7 1/2 motor sail over to Venice from Novigrad. We had great winds and a helpful current to help us race across. After hanging out in the very busy channels of the area, we were escorted by a marina dinghy to where our berth would be on the island of […]

Ruled by Weather Windows

This post is based on real events that occurred August 13-16, 2022. (Better a bit late than never.) These were our last three stops in Croatia, still in the Istria region… Our crew of seven left Pula and had a great day of sailing up to the gorgeous town of Rovinj. First time in awhile […]