Tuesday 2nd July, we left Split well after midday hoping for the afternoon sea breeze to blow us to the island of Brac. The westerly wind finally obliged at 2pm and we went from no wind to 20knots in just a few minutes in true Croatian style. A fast sail took us past Milna on the south coast of Brac and into Lucice Bay, recommended to us by the Hubbard family as a good overnight stopover. It was a friendly place and we enjoyed a calm night. Next day we left similarly late heading east to the north east coast of Hvar and stopped in the pretty bay of Blaca on the south coast of Brac for a much needed cooling off swim in the bluest of blue waters, clear and deep. It was lovely.
We eventually caught the afternoon breeze in a broad reach all the way to Vrboska where we tied up on the harbour wall. We had been worried about depth here as some of the pilot books are very conservative suggesting little more that 2metres, but we found over 4metres on the wall and no problem at all to go in stern to. What a gem of a place.
We dubbed it the Bradford on Avon of Croatia, probably something to do with the old stone bridges that crossed over the river entering the head of the inlet. Lots of facilities here for food, supplies and banks, access to the ACI Marina services if required, and yet very unspoiled. Vrboska boasts two medieval churches, St Mary’s and St Lawrences and some extremely desirable residences flanking the estuary.
We spent Thursday 4th July on our bikes, riding on the cycle trail round to Jelsa, a charming town, abuzz with a holiday atmosphere and a little more touristy. Room here for half a dozen boats on the harbour wall and plenty of depth for yachts to tie up.
We continued our cycle ride around the peninsular on the other side o f the estuary and discovered lots of swimming opportunities off the rocks, which of course we took advantage of.
Deja Vu 
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