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Ken and Cathy’s visit

We were moored up in Marina Seget, at Trogir to await the arrival of our guests. Deja Vu was gleaming inside and out when Ken and Cathy Otto arrived at 2.30pm Saturday May 24th. Our American friends had just driven up from Dubrovnik to join us for a few days sailing, to end their threeContinue reading “Ken and Cathy’s visit”

First journey south May 2014

Having enjoyed a couple of days on the water in Sukosan, socialising with old friend (well not so old!) John from Forgiveness and new found friends Pete and Pat from Independent Feeling, the weather improved enough for us to set off on Saturday 17th May. We motor sailed to Biograd and then set the sailsContinue reading “First journey south May 2014”

First days in Croatia

Deja Vu was still under her winter cover when we arrived on Sunday 11th May and in spite of this protection, the decks were covered in a deep layer of local and saharan dust some of which seemed to have penetrated below decks. With plenty to do involving cleaning up, unpacking and installing the re-assembledContinue reading “First days in Croatia”

Getting Ready for the 2014 season

It is May 5th and our thoughts have turned to the Summer sailing season. There is always more gear to take than we expect and this year is no exception. There will be maintenance jobs to do when we reach Deja Vu in Sukosan on Sunday 11th, but we hope to launch during the followContinue reading “Getting Ready for the 2014 season”

Dubrovnik to Trogir

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Karma Noodle (and thanks to Sharron)

When Sharron arrived on Deja Vu back in mid June, she had with her a ‘noodle’. Actually it was Peter who had painstakingly carried this said blue, semi flexible noodle in his luggage, which at a length of 1.5m and diameter of 70mm, was no mean feat. It sprung out of his luggage with muchContinue reading “Karma Noodle (and thanks to Sharron)”

Touring around Montenegro

Montenegro is a small, rugged and beautiful country. The country covers just less that 14,000 square kilometres, has 293 km of coastline, 70 mountain peaks 2000m above sea level. Made up mostly of hills and mountains, it is dramatic, unforgiving terrain that supports a population of about 600,000. In the north of Montenegro, the RiverContinue reading “Touring around Montenegro”

The coming and going of the beard

It all started one morning when the recent Christmas present Mo had given Nigel in the shape of a top of the range Remington razor, simply fell apart in Nigel’s hands, honest guv! It was early July and we were nowhere near shops that sold food let alone electric razors. With no back up wetContinue reading “The coming and going of the beard”

Crossing the Adriatic

Wednesday 24th July dawned bright and sunny with a good forecast of moderate North Westerly winds arising late morning and lasting overnight. We were up early preparing for the 120 mile passage from Bari in Italy to Bar in Montenegro, just dropping an ‘i’ in our destination. We left Italy soon after 9am. In spiteContinue reading “Crossing the Adriatic”

Naples

It was an early start for us on Monday 22nd July as we had to get a taxi to take us to the bus stop by the railway station to catch our bus to Napoli, due to leave at 9am. Fortunately we had bought our tickets the day before, a frustrating exercise that had takenContinue reading “Naples”