And then there was One…

Forgive the radio silence. It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Our wonderful crew of seven visited three more destinations in northern Croatia before making the crossing over the Adriatic during a perfect weather window to land in Venice. (Stay tuned for more details in retrospective posts.) After a night and day in Venice, Ty […]

What we love most about Croatia

We’ve been traveling the coast of Croatia for at least a month now, and have a few things that we unanimously love most: 1. Islands, water, swimming. Duh. Endless beautiful islands to explore. Crystal clear water nearly everywhere. The almost daily treat of a refreshing, comfortable swim in the perfect temperature. 2. The history. It’s […]

Passage to Pula

The voyage to the city of Pula was not only interesting – we saw neat submarine tunnels and such along the way – but it marked our departure from the region of Dalmatia into the region of Istria. Istria is its own region / peninsula in Croatia with its own flare. (The peninsula also includes […]

Our first truly successful overnight anchorage

As we continue to make our way north we are starting to see more Italian influences – from an Italian restaurant or two to more Italian flagged boats. Our new goal is to reach Venice in about a week. So in the morning after Conor’s safety pitch, off we set… Our first day was a […]

The city of Zadar + some Croatian history

We made the 24 nautical mile trek to Zadar with some strong gusts. We nailed our docking into Marina Zadar, though, so we were feeling pretty good about that. 🙂 Marina Zadar feels more of an industrial working marina, but its best feature is that it’s a short 10-15 minute walk into Zadar’s old town. […]

Off the Beaten Track

Leaving Rogoznica, we did another lunchtime anchorage. We’ve been getting a lot of anchoring practice, and I think we’re getting better. 🙂 This time, Conor even left the boat! He’s been too nervous to leave her without someone on board. It was a big step for him. With mask and fins, he dove down to […]

The Kids Take to the Sea

We finally set sail from Kaštela and have a new goal of reaching Zadar in about a week. In a nutshell.. We first headed to the island of Šolta and the quaint town of Maslinica. We stayed at the nice, small Marina Maslinica (or Martinas Marchi marina). We were struck by the clearest water we […]

A Tale of Four Cities

We continue to enjoy the southern Dalmatia region of Croatia. Fun Fact: Did you know that the Dalmatian dog breed was named after this region, supposedly its first home? Fun Fact #2: This region became famous more recently because much of the popular TV show “Game of Thrones” was shot here in places like Split. […]

Surprise!

Preface: We are 100% totally fine. Yesterday just did not go according to plan… The day started out quite nice. Our plan was to leave the neat town of Korčula (more on that later) and continue on our journey towards Split. The next stop would be the tiny island of Otok Šcedro where there were […]

Crazy Korčula

After one night in Luke Polače, we left for the island and town of Korčula. Yet another first – we actually had enough wind to raise the sails! Conor had fun futzing with trimming the sails while I constantly read out our travel speed. I don’t think it made any difference, but Conor enjoyed the […]