28-05-2015 KORNAT - TELASCICA

28 - 05 - 2015 KORNAT - TELASCICA

Weather : sunny 22°C
Wind : 3 - 4 Bf NNW
Log : 13,5 NM

After breakfast we left Bebans' quay, at 10.50.

The first part we motored through the Kornats,
after an hour we set sail and had a very nice sailing trip.

At 13.00 we entered the large bay of Telascica on the island of Dugi Otok (entrance fee ca. 50 € per day).

We dropped anchor in NE-part of the bay, at 14.00.

After a day of relaxing in the sun, we had a very nice spaghetti-diner on board in the evening.

Grtz from Croatia,
Koen & the crew

27-05-2015 SMOKVICA - KORNAT

27 - 05 - 2015 SMOKVICA - KORNAT

Weather : sunny, afternoon clouds 22°C
Wind : 5 - 7 Bf NNE
Log : 8,5 NM

In the night the wind picked up to force 5 with gusts of 7 Bf.
So it can be real stormy outside on open sea.

We waited untill noon before we left Lojena-bay.

We reefed both our sails and had a nice windy trip along the Kornat island.

We arrived quickly at our destination,
Lopatica - bay on Kornat.

At 14.00 we picked up a mooring at the quay of the Beban - konoba.

At night we had nearly 2 kg of fresh fish on the grill,
it was very tasteful.
(ca.30 € pp )

Grtz from Croatia,
Koen & the crew

26-05-2015 SKRADIN - SMOKVICA

26 - 05 - 2015 SKRADIN - SMOKVICA

Weather : sunny 22°C
Wind : 1-3 Bf WNW
Log : 29,3 NM

First we did a walk through Skradin, this morning.
It's a nice Croatian town.

At 10.00 we left Skradin.
Because the first 2 hours we had to motor through the canal towards the sea, we had breakfast on board.

Once we were back on the sea we set sails and took course for the Kornati-islands.

With a sharp reach we sailed most of the trip,
the last half hour our motor had help us out.

At 15.50 we arrived in the bay of Lojena on the island of Smokvica.

We took up a mooring at the Piccolo konoba.
This is one of the most picturesque places we've ever been to with a boat.

At night we had dinner in this Konoba, nice.
(ca. 30 € pp )

Grtz from Croatia,
Koen & the crew

25-05-2015 KAPRIJE - SKRADIN

25 - 05 - 2015 KAPRIJE - SKRADIN

Weather : cloudy and few raindrops 20°C
Wind : 1-2 Bf NNW
Log : 17,8 NM

After breakfast we left the Medas-bay at 09.40.

Today the weather isn't so good, cloudy overcast and a few rainy spells.

There isn't much wind so we motored the whole trip.

We went past Sibenik and followed the canal to Skradin.

At 13.45 we moored in the ACI Marina of Skradin (price 65 € for our yacht).

At 1500 we took the excursionboat to the waterfalls of Krka.
When you are in Skradin you have to visit this falls, they are spectacular ! (entrance 13 € pp)

At night we ate some Peka at Toni, this typical Croatian recept is delicious (you have to reserve it ca. 2 hours in advance).
(ca. 20 € pp)

Grtz from Croatia,
Koen & the crew

24-05-2015 BIOGRAD NA MURO - KAPRIJE

24-05-2015 BIOGRAD NA MURO - KAPRIJE

Weather : sun and clouds 22°
Wind : 2-3 Bf NNW
Log : 18,8 NM

After breakfast we left the marina at 10.30.

The weather today was more sunny than expected.

We almost sailed the entire trip, with a broad reach towards Kaprije.

At 15.45 we arrived in the bay of Medos on Kaprije.
We moored at the quay of the Kunjka restaurant,
today we are the only guestboat in this wonderfull deserted bay.

At night we had a nice diner in this restaurant
(ca. 25 € pp)

Grtz from Croatia,
Koen & the crew

23-05-2015 BIOGRAD NA MURO

23-05-2015 BIOGRAD NA MURO
Weather : cloudy with sunny periods 21°C

At 17.00 we arrived in the marina of Biograd na muro.

The check-in was swift, our yacht "LU" is in excellent condition.
Afterwards the crew went shopping for provision,
in the Konzum supermarket.

At night we had a nice dinner in restaurant Guste.
(ca. 25 € pp)

This night it rained a lot!

Grtz from Croatia,
Koen & the crew

CROATIA - Kornati-islands 23 - 30th May 2015

Hi,

From the 23th untill the 30th of May,
we're sailing in Croatia along the Kornati-islands.

We chartered an Elan Impression 394 from Burin Yachtcharter in Biograd Na Moru.

Of course you can follow our journey everyday live on this blog.


Enjoy,

Koen

31-10-2014 HYDRA - POROS

Fri. 31 oct. 2014  

HYDRA - PORS 

Wind : N - NE 4 Bf
Weather : cloudy with a few sunny intervals ca. 20ºC
Log : 21,8 NM 

We left Hydra pretty early at 9.00h.

Our Italian neighbours had put their anchor over our chain, so we had some work to clear our chain.

We had a very nice sailing-day,

with a close reaching sail, we had to tack a few times to get to Poros.

At 13.15h we reached Poros-town,

but first we decided to anchor in Liminaki Agapis (Love-bay).

We had 2 hours of relaxing in this quiet bay.

At 16.00h we returned to the Greek Sails-base for the check-out of our yacht.

Our boat was OK.

In the evening we had a very nice diner at the Apagio-taverna.

Summary

It was a nice week of sailing,

but the weather wasn't as nice as other years around this time.

Grtz from Hellas,

Elvira, Michel, Johan, Wim, Bart & Koen

 

30-10-2014 HYDRA

Thur. 30 oct. 2014  

HYDRA Ag.Nikolaos - HYDRA Town  

Wind : N 1-2 Bf
Weather : sunny with a few clouds 20ºC  

For the first time this week it was sunny, so we relaxed and swam in the bay, untill 11.30h.  

Because there was no wind, we motored our way to Hydra-town.  
After 2 hours we arrived in Hydra, we found a place at the south-quay.  

In the aftrnoon we explored the town, Hydra is one of the most beautifull cities of Greece.  

Grtz from Hellas,  
Koen & the crew

29-10-2014 P. ASTROS - HYDRA

Wed. 29 oct. 2014  

Par. ASTROS - HYDRA Ag.Nikolaos  

Wind : N 2-3 Bf
Weather : cloudy overcast, am rain 18ºC  

After a walk to the old Venetian castle, we left Astros at 11.25h.  

The first part of the trip we a nice broad reach, the last part our motor had to help us out.  

After a long 32 NM we anchored in the deserted bay of Ag.Nikolaos,
in the West of Hydra, at 17.30h.  

Most of us took a swim.  

Grtz from Hellas,  
Koen & the crew

28-10-2014 SPETSES - PAR. ASTROS

Tue.28 oct. 2014  

SPETSES - Par. ASTROS  

Wind : N 2-3 Bf
Weather : cloudy overcast, with much rain 17ºC  

At 10.30h we hauled anchor and left Spetses.
The weather was cloudy and dark with drissle rain.  

There wasn't much stable wind, so we had to combine sailing and motor-sailing.  

At 15.20h we arrived in Paralia Astros. They are building a new south-quay so we moored on quay for fishing boats.  

Elvira prepared a very nice spaghetti-dinner.  

In the evening we had a few drinks at the DelMar-cafe.  

NB
It was raining a lot during the evening and night.  

Grtz from the Peloponnese,  
Koen & the crew