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The island of Losinj is connected to the larger island of Cres by a bridge and they lie south east of the Istrian peninsula. We had arrived at the main town on Losinj, namely Mali Losinj to weather the next storm. This provided an opportunity to get the bikes out and, as always, we managedContinue reading “Mali Losinj”

Departing from Slovenia on Sunday 16th September, our first stop Porec, about half way down the Istrian Peninusular, where we checked back into Croatia. We chose to pick up a buoy so that we could all swim in the afternoon sun and then at 6pm we inflated the dingy and went ashore. It was anotherContinue reading “Porec and leaving Istria”

Friday 14th September, leaving Rovinj at noon, we embarked on our voyage north to Novigrad, some 15 miles distant. Sailing gently for the first 5 miles, our complacency was soon shattered as we found the wind and endured a roller coaster ride beating into a turbulent sea with 30 knots of true wind on theContinue reading “Next stop Slovenia”

Sue and Dick, Nigel’s sister and husband, arrived on Tuesday 11th, a lovely sunny day. We had planned a 2 day stopover here at Rovinj, to weather out the storm promised for the following day. We all enjoyed exploring the town during Wednesday. The old town rises up on a peninsular with the church ofContinue reading “Rovinj”

I do like Sundays in Croatia..and I was reminded of this on 9th as we woke in Pula Marina to the pealing of chuch bells. They start in earnest at 6am and go on throughout the day.  It really is quite compelling. Shops are mostly shut and churches are full of local people of allContinue reading “Sundays in Croatia”

Thursday 6th September. We were promised a Beaufort scale force 5 – 6 on the beam to make the sail from Mali Losinj to the Istrian peninsular, so off we set. The direction was good, but we ended up with storm force winds, over 42 knots for a time, and we had to reef heavily.Continue reading “Arriving in Pula, Istria”

We arrived at Sukosan on Wednesday 29th August and got ready to launch Deja Vu II on 30th. Good to be back in the water, we got the boat ship shape and ready to go. Our Texan friends Blake and Martha arrived on time Friday soon after noon, almost at the same time as cloudsContinue reading “Getting going in September”

Our last week has been spent in Sukosan, in Marina Dalmacia where we have kept Déjà Vu for the last 4 years, and indeed where we originally bought her back in 2008. It is the largest marina in Croatia and has many charter fleets operating from here. In spite of its vast size we haveContinue reading “Last week in Croatia – this time”

Having spent 2 lovely days on Lastovo, we sailed north to the island of Vis. Vis is the largest of the western islands of Croatia with a long history from Stone Age, through the Roman Empire, the successive  usually short-lived rules of Austro-Hungarians, French, English and Italians.  In WW2 it was the main base forContinue reading “Lastovo to Viz and north towards home”

Lastovo is a gem in the Adriatic and we are so glad we have discovered it! There are lots of very sheltered anchorages and it is so unspoilt. Today, Wednesday 12th July (I think) we rented a motor scooter and toured the island.  We went on every single road and travelled about 30km altogether. ItContinue reading “Lastovo”