Wild&Woolly (archives)

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05 June 2014
08 March 2014 | Continue to follow our journey ...
01 January 2014 | Check out the web link for details
01 January 2014 | Bar, Montenegro
27 September 2013 | Bari, old town.
27 September 2013 | Bar to Bari by ferry
26 September 2013
25 September 2013
24 September 2013
23 September 2013 | AD Marina, Bar, Montenegro
19 September 2013
18 September 2013
17 September 2013 | ACI Marina, Dubrovnik
16 September 2013 | Dubrovnik, Croatia
14 September 2013 | Slano and Mali Zaton (Near Dubrovnik)
13 September 2013
12 September 2013 | Korcula, Croatia
10 September 2013 | At anchor opposite Badija Monastery, Korcula
09 September 2013 | Palmizana

Anchor testing ...

14 September 2013 | Slano and Mali Zaton (Near Dubrovnik)
On the way to Dubrovnik we had a cracking sail. Everything from f4 and tacking to a calm and then a dead run which gave us a last chance to fly code zero (our big lightweight sail). But in the end it was getting late and blowing f6 so we called it a day and anchored in a lovely spot 15 NM north of Dubrovnik called Slano. It blew hard in the evening which bedded the Anchor well and then overnight it was flat calm - fantastic nights sleep. Next morning, forgetting it was Saturday and the charter boat changeover day we found there was 'no room at the Inn' for us at the Dubrovnik Marina ... So, we went round the corner to another beautiful spot and anchored in 11 metres at Mali Zaton.
Now, our anchor is great. We upgraded from the Beneteau supplied Delta to an Australian anchor called a SARCA Excel (link to their web site). And excel it does! At about 8pm till 9am the next morning it blew from 15 to 25 knots ... But we didn't budge an inch thanks to our Excel (and 45 metres of 8mm chain). The screenshot is from our chart plotter at about 3.30am showing the track of of our boat while at anchor (the yellow line is wind direction).
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Vessel Name: Wild & Woolly
Vessel Make/Model: Beneteau, Sense 43
Hailing Port: Sydney, Australia
Crew: Martin & Shiree
About:
We set sail from Antibes in 2012 in our wonderful new Sense 43 for a 5 year cruise of the Med. Cap'n Grub is skipper, having passed her RYA Day Skipper course the Dastardly Deckscrubbing Deckhand may have sailed halfway round the world and have a Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate ... [...]
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