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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!”

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”

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Having had their fill of waterfalls and Nigel’s famous seafood spaghetti, Pam and AlanContinue reading “A whistle stop tour of the Kornati islands with Pam and Alan”

Before leaving Stari Grad on the island of Hvar we took the bus across the island to the ancient town of Hvar to show Ken and Cathy one of the most visited places in Croatia. The bus took us via the ferry terminal where we collected more passengers from the boat that arrived from SplitContinue reading “Hvar to Skradin with new crew. Welcome to Pam and Alan Penson.”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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