Sailing the Trails of Herodotus and Odysseus
Posted in Sailing, Sailing Croatia, Sailing Greece, Sailing Montenegro on Jul 3rd, 2011
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Some five weeks ago I departed from Murter, Croatia, to sail south to the inland sea of Levkada in Greece…
My sailing yacht Helena, a Beneteau Cyclades 39, is very easy to handle and performs well, including the Genaker, one of my trip gadgetsthe ultimate toy. Top speed we reached was [...]
Posted in Sailing Croatia on Jul 29th, 2009
Part of the trip Adriatica 2009 was sailing from Split to Dubrovnik.
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In between I visited the islands like Hvar, Vis, Korcula and Sipan before arriving in Dubrovnik. Later more on the different places and bays I have found during the [...]
Posted in An Adriatic 2009 on Jul 23rd, 2009
Scoop of the day is the visit of three generations of dolphins to our boat.
It was very close to the island Hvar on the line of the village Jagodni Bd and the islands Hridi Lukavei and they were with about 10-15 of them. I clearly recognized the grandparents and the youngers. The first because of [...]
Posted in An Adriatic 2009 on Jul 21st, 2009
Clouds can be very happy too!
Picture was taken between Split and Hvar just before going between the islands Brac and Solta.
Before this crossing there was almost no wind to sail. After the crossing it rose to 15 – 20 knots. So the only scientific explanation for this kind of weather phenomenon is off course: happy [...]
