05/23/2013, Dalmatian Coast, Croatia
Yesterday we had Angela and Steve on board with us, so after lunch we took them over to a beautiful little bay out on Pasman Island for the night and what a night it turned out to be. The weather forecast was for a Bora wind, the wind that I've spoken about in a couple of earlier blogs, we sat through 34 knots (70kph) wind gusts over night and our Mantus anchor never moved.
Today we came back to Sukosan to drop off Steve and Angela, they have just taken delivery of their yacht and were able to move on board. We had a lovely dinner with them on their yacht last night.
The photo is of Angela helming with Steve in the cockpit on Annecam.
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05/20/2013, Pasman Island, Croatia
What a glorious day it's been here in Croatia, Cam and I took the dingy across to the island of Otok Ugljan from where we are anchored near the Pasman Bridge and wandered along the foreshore for about 2kms to the beautiful town of Luka Kukljica (pronounced Kooklitsa). This is a beautiful harbour village with wonderful old buildings, pretty houses with window boxes full of flowers, huge palms and some great cafes with colourful umbrellas to stop and have a drink and relax while enjoying the beautiful boats on the water in the back ground......aaahhhh! After grabbing an ice cream and then a close encounter with a local snake (not venomous like ours in Australia) we wandered back over the hill to our dingy. Today must have been clothing optional Monday because quite a few boats who moored near us this arvo' decided to go the full monty, they were obviously from a cold climate and didn't seem too worried about the water temperature. Last year a catamaran pull up near us here in Croatia and some guys dived in, next thing we heard one yell 'Bloody hell, that water's cold'!!! We knew straight away they were Australians......guess we're a bunch of sooks and are used to things a bit warmer, I know I am so I'm waiting for the water temp to come up a bit more before I take the plunge.
Life's a little bit awesome on Annecam
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See ya, Peter.
05/18/2013, Sukosan Bay, Croatia
Today was one of the days that we dream about, it was warm, clear and hardly a breath of wind. Compared to yesterday's weather with the leftover Yugo still giving us a blast at 25 knots with a bit of rain keeping the temperature below 20c. Yes today was a reminder of the summer we had over here last year, just day after day of nice warm weather.
Today Annie and Angela Northy gave the shopping centres in Zadar a workover and Steve had their new yacht lifted and surveyed, she looks good out of the water. Last night Angela and Steve had us over for a beautiful dinner of roast chicken and vegetables, it was a really great evening and thanks Steve for showing us how to attack the icecream.
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05/16/2013, Luka Zdrelac Bay, Pasman Island Croatia
Happy Birthday to my daughter Cindy and congratulations to my son Brad and his fiance Alana who have just signed up for their first home.
Today we are taking shelter from the second Yugo (the local name for a south east wind) we have had this season, the forecast was for 30 to 60 knots out in the open with 4 to 5 metre seas. In the bay we are anchored in we have had a top of 34 knots without any waves exept the odd ferry wake and of course there was a bit of rain that came with the Yugo.
Inside Annecam we are warm and snug, just catching up on the emails, social media and just chilling listening to music.
Tomorrow weather permitting should see us out sailing again. The attached photo is the view we had today with a bit of rain on the port.
Life is good on Annecam.
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05/14/2013, Luka Zdrelac Bay, Pasman Island Croatia
Today was what we call the perfect day, there wasn't a cloud to be seen and the temperature was a nice warm 22c with very little wind from the North West.
We took the dingy into the village Luka Zdrelac on the North end of Pasman Island and purchased some provisions in the Market Most.
Annie is now the dingy helmswoman and she managed to navigate her way back to Annecam without incident.
The attached video gives you an idea of the view we had from the top of the Pasman Bridge and take note of the nice yacht in the background.
We also had a short visit from the crew on the Australian flagged yacht Janner with the Alleway's and Louise's cousin and her new husband this afternoon.
Life is good on Annecam.
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05/12/2013, Luka Zdrelac, Pasman Island Croatia
We left Sukosan Bay this morning and had a lovely sail out to Pasman Island just inside the Pasman Bridge, the bridge that claims a number of yachts every year. The clearence is only 16.8 metres and every now and then someone tries to go under with a yacht that has a mast that is too tall, it keeps the riggers and the repair businesses in a job.
This is a beautiful spot that has protection in all wind directions exept from the north east, we have decided to sit on our Mantus anchor in this location until we recieve a call from the stainless steel fabricators or the buisness that is supplying our solar panels and wind generator.
We will take the dingy in and explore the village called Zdrelac and see what it has to offer and while we are there we might even take a walk over the Pasman Bridge.
I know it is only a very limited number of times we have set our Mantus anchor but so far it has set every time and dug into the bottom like no other anchor I have tried, so far we love our Mantus.
The short video will give you an idea of what it is like in the part of the world.
Life is good on Annecam.
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