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The start of the season

Having a new boat does not seem to reduce the amount of work to prepare for our departure from Marina Dalmacija. Once launched we spent 4 days cleaning Deja Vu after the winter ashore. In spite of having been well covered in the boat park, she was still covered in red Saharan dust that hadContinue reading “The start of the season”

Plans for the first trip of 2015

With Mo’s choral concert featuring Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony sung on Saturday May 9th, we feel suitably tuned into sailing as we pack our bags to leave for Croatia on Tuesday 12th May. The weather forecast for our first few days is for strong southerlies which may make it tricky to get to Split, aboutContinue reading “Plans for the first trip of 2015”

Last trip of the season

We had a couple of days in Sukosan, weathered another storm there, but most importantly met up with American friend John and his partner Isabella and enjoyed their good company. This included toasting John’s recovery from Hep C, going out for supper to a Thai restaurant in Zadar and catching a light entertaining film atContinue reading “Last trip of the season”

The first 200 miles in our new Déjà Vu

The Italian forecast for Wednesday August 13th was for no wind in the Bay of Trieste. We set off to return to Izola in Slovenia with low expectations of much sailing. As it turned out, no sooner had we set the sails in a pleasant 8 knots of south westerly breeze, than we were hitContinue reading “The first 200 miles in our new Déjà Vu”

Changing Boats

It turned out to be a slick operation, taking delivery of our new Sunbeam 42.1 and transferring all the gear from our old one, a Sunbeam 44. It was not, however, without a lot of hard work, reminiscences and many mixed emotions! We had driven to Matsee, near Salzburg for the factory handover on JulyContinue reading “Changing Boats”

Deja Vu II’s last voyage Part 3 – Pula to San Giorgio

We had been looking forward to Tom and Faye joining us for part of this last leg of the journey and it was to be special time having the Cuthbert family altogether, although we did miss Guy. Faye’s partner Guy was unfortunately left behind as he had run out of holiday and Faye had justContinue reading “Deja Vu II’s last voyage Part 3 – Pula to San Giorgio”

Deja Vu II’s last voyage Part 2 – Arriving in Istria

Mali Losinj did indeed provide the shelter we needed from three days of strong winds and frequent thunderstorms. We did our best not to get cabin fever and broke out for a few good walks and a couple of bike rides to parts of the island that we had not previously visited. Other highlights includedContinue reading “Deja Vu II’s last voyage Part 2 – Arriving in Istria”

Deja Vu II’s last voyage Part 1 – Rab at last!

Another adventure began for Deja Vu II on Tuesday July 1st. We were heading off for her last voyage to St Giorgio in Italy, a distance of about 150 miles, where we are due to rest her up on July 26th. With four weeks ahead to cover the distance we have decided to travel northContinue reading “Deja Vu II’s last voyage Part 1 – Rab at last!”

Around Zadar for a week with old friends

Nigel met Brian in 1973, they were fellow graduates starting work in the Esso refinery in Fawley. We have been friends with Brian and Michele for over 40 years and it was a great pleasure to welcome them on board for a week sailing around Zadar and it’s neighbouring islands. We had a great week,Continue reading “Around Zadar for a week with old friends”

Across Europe by road

With Deja Vu back in Sukosan, she was lifted out onto her cradle whilst we took a week out to make the journey home to collect the car. Four days of gardening convinced us it was time to set off again and our plan was to take the car across Europe to Sukosan with aContinue reading “Across Europe by road”