It was an unusually cold wind, but a sunny day, Friday 21st September, when we arrived at the Bay of St Ante on Silba. We were all alone in a bay littered with mooring buoys, it was quite eerie, and there was only a reef separating us from the open sea. We went ashore in the dinghy and walked the 2 miles into the village..it took exactly 24 minutes as the boatman we met had told us it would.
We cooked on board. It was a lovely sunset, a calm and very dark night with no light pollution displaying a heaven full of stars! Quite cold.
We woke to a strong southerly wind, coming from the direction we wanted to go, and rough seas. A beat it was for the first couple of hours and then we motored through the narrow gap north of the island of Molat to turn south again towards Dugi Otok. We were surprised that many mooring buoys had been removed from sheltered bays..it was beginning to feel like the end of the season!
We fetched up in Bribinj, a favourite village affording shelter on Dugi Otok. Once again it was deserted. We picked up a buoy for the night, cooked on board and then enjoyed a warm lazy morning on Sunday 23rd before heading off to the island of Iz. It is thankfully much warmer now..about 25 degrees C.
People at last! We found plenty of charter boats here in this pretty town, in the small marina, and here we stayed through Monday as there was too much wind from the south to contemplate travelling south.
Another chance to get the bikes out and explore. We cycled a couple of miles along the coastal walkway to Drage and back into the headwind!
A calmer day is promised for Tuesday when we are planning to go south to the island of Zut.
Deja Vu 