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 […]

Will they make it?

Four college students onboard. One airport far from the boat. One crazy bora wind in the way. One determined skipper. Will they make it…?? After anchoring for the better part of a week in stormy Cavtat, Sabática was ready to move. Her hot water was long gone, and our holding tank was full. So, we […]

Freedom and Photos

For the past three weeks, we’ve been leisurely enjoying southern Croatia. It’s been a rare time in which we actually feel like typical cruisers, with nowhere we have to be at any particular time (other than to return Laura to the Dubrovnik airport). Normally, we have a very purposefully planned route as we are collecting […]

Recent Accomplishments

The last couple of weeks have been productive. We’ve accomplished the following: I’ll elaborate and tell you about our most recent escapades… Getting Sabática back in the water It only took three nights and four days for NAVAR Yacht Services in Tivat to complete all the work needed for Sabática. (They were very on the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]