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Our final sailing in Croatia before heading further south

Our first week sailing south behind us, we are setting off south again from Trogir with winds still set firmly in the south, which is tiresome when the prevailing winds should be north westerly! We plan to spend a couple of weeks revisiting and exploring haunts before meeting up with Tom for our few finalContinue reading “Our final sailing in Croatia before heading further south”

Start of the sailing season, leaving Sukosan and getting to Trogir

The season started early for Nigel when he flew to Sukosan on the 3rd May. This was to meet up with the sail maker and receive and test our modified sails. In the event he couldn’t come and Gunter from Sunbeam was summoned instead, arriving only on the 10th. Deja Vu was launched on theContinue reading “Start of the sailing season, leaving Sukosan and getting to Trogir”

Planning for sailing in 2016 is underway

It is only February, and storm Imogen has been ravaging the south of England. With 60 knot winds inland and 95 knot winds recorded at the Needles, we are very glad not to be sailing now! However we have Deja Vu very much in mind and it is helping to get us through a roundContinue reading “Planning for sailing in 2016 is underway”

End of the 2015 sailing season

Whilst waiting for the Bura to blow through we went on an extended walk on Molat, which we had visited many times but not had time to explore inland. To our interest and surprise we discovered that Molat had been the site of a large Italian run Concentration Camp during WWII and from 1941-1942 hadContinue reading “End of the 2015 sailing season”

September Sailing

Nigel and Mo explored Bibinje by bike before setting sail and were entranced by the skill of a kite surfer in the harbour as he sped at lightning speeds across a narrow stretch and turned effortlessly to tank back. He even stopped to talk to some friends on the other side whilst his kite loiteredContinue reading “September Sailing”

Starting again in September

We arrived late at night courtesy of the Stansted to Zadar Ryan Air flight on Thursday September 3rd. We were craned into the water at 1030am the next morning and got moored up on Pier 16 just before the storm hit, about the same time that the dozens of charter boats were returning at theContinue reading “Starting again in September”

A hot July

Apologies to Sue and Dick for not yet uploading the photos from their week in June, but we were swept away by events! The wonderful wedding of the year over, we retreated to the boat on July 4th with friends Sharron and Peter Hornsby, to unwind from all the excitement and explore Southern Croatia onceContinue reading “A hot July”

Special Visitors and Naming Deja Vu

Still en route to Split to meet our visitors, Tom and Faye for a couple of days and then Sue and Dick for a week. We holed up in Trogir for a couple of days whilst high winds and rain ran through. This kept us close to the boat, but we got away on SaturdayContinue reading “Special Visitors and Naming Deja Vu”

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”