With a force 3 westerly wind we lifted our anchor (along with an old disused fishing net) and left Rogoznica. We sailed slowly around some small islands, avoiding the fishing boats, heading north towards Otok Zmajan in the Šibenik archipelago. On arrival at the island we planned to anchor in Uvala Smetnja but it is […]
We stayed in Split for nearly a week as it offered good shelter from some strong winds plus we had visitors due to arrive in a few days time. Whilst there we met new friends in the anchorage. They were living on their boat but also had an apartment and car in Split and very […]
We untied our lines at Baotić Marina after a busy morning making use of all the facilities and motored 2nm to the bay opposite for a quiet night. Uvala Racetinovac is a pretty bay with nothing other than trees, an old ruin and of course a random Hajduk sign painted onto a rock. There were […]
After a morning swim to untie our lines ashore, we motored out of Taršće bay and around some of the small islands in the archipelago. We passed Otok Marinkovac which had busy beach bars playing chill out tunes and bays full of Superyachts. There is a well known night club here called Carpe Diem which […]
After a week on the island of Korčula, we finally lifted our anchor which was very well dug in after the strong winds pulling on it. The anchor weighs 25kg, we eventually managed to release it and brought it up along with what seemed like an additional 25kg of sandy mud from the seabed. It […]
Having provisioned in Dubrovnik, we were below deck early the next morning preparing to leave when a large motor boat arrived sounding its horn and calling us. ZigZag was anchored just outside the marina which turned out to be the exact spot that this boat wanted to drop its anchor to reverse into its mooring […]
Sailing ZigZag 