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Summer 2022

Doviđenja Croatia

With our guests now departed it was time to prepare for our passage out of Croatia. We lifted the anchor at Zaton and headed a couple of miles towards Dubrovnik for a busy day of preparation. Just as ZigZag passed under the bridge a bungee jumper leapt from the top. After continuing down the river, […]

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Summer 2022

The Paddle Board Challenge

Our last visitors to Croatia were due to arrive so we sailed out of Slano bay and headed 12 nm south towards Dubrovnik. There had been a steady southerly wind blowing for the previous few days, which although it was due to reduce by the evening, would leave behind a nasty residual swell overnight. So […]

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Summer 2022

Slano

The sea was dead flat calm like a mirror and there was an eerie mist over the water as we left Badija and weaved our way through rocks and small islands. Croatia is generally very well organised with navigation aids and thankfully there were plenty of cardinal and isolated danger markers to help us manoeuvre […]

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Summer 2022

The Island of Badija

There are so many beautiful anchorages and interesting towns here in Croatia, I often leave each place with a feeling that it is my new favourite, as I did after spending a few days at Stari Grad. We motored out of the long bay with our course set to travel towards Vela Luka on the […]

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Summer 2022

Stari Grad

Stari Grad is a town on the northern side of the island of Hvar. It is one of the oldest towns in Europe, settled by the Greeks in 384 BC who originally named it ‘Faros’. Today it is known as Stari Grad which literally means ‘Old Town’ The town lies five miles deep into a […]

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Summer 2022

Kids On Board

After a long journey with flight delays, it was midnight by the time our daughter and granddaughters arrived, still full of energy and excitement for a week on board. Their agenda for a fun packed holiday was to go to the beach, play in the sea, have ice creams every day and eat out at […]