And the Award goes to…

What a season we had this year with plans that worked, plans that didn’t, and the pleasure of having so many family and friends aboard. I thought a fun way to review the season would be to announce various awards that everyone and every place deserved. Ready? Drum roll, please… Countries Visited: Croatia wins for […]

Covering a lot of Ground

We collected a second group of Rory’s friends in Montenegro. Another great group of young adults – Julia, Maya and Will. They were able to spend a fabulous day at the beach, then visit Kotor and Tivat. At that point, Sabática was ready to begin her journey south then west to reach her resting spot […]

Full Circle

We made it to the northern city of Durrës for a night, successfully checked out of Albania after a great three weeks, and had agreeable conditions such that we could make it all the way up to Bar, Montenegro the next day. Remember, we had not even planned to visit Albania, let alone Montenegro, this […]

Fourth Time’s a Charm

Ok, so we’re still in Albania. We’ve entered Sarandë port four times now (three more than expected) in the past two weeks. We’ve anchored out at Livadhi Beach on four different occasions and have sailed passed the Green Coast four times as well. We evolved from Plan B to Plan C. We’ve had two rounds […]

Albania – Who Knew?

We had heard different things about Albania, so weren’t quite sure what to expect. We were very pleasantly surprised at what we experienced and would definitely recommend a visit! Why come to Albania you might ask? Well, to be honest, as boaters with a non-EU flagged vessel, our first reason was to get Sabática out […]