From Vis towards Zadar

It was the 24th of May when we set sail from Vis and headed north towards the mainland.  We were en route to collect our first guests of the trip -Julia's cousin Magda and family from Zadar in four days time.  A comfortable crossing of about three hours brought us to a narrow and protected bay close to Ražanj.  We anchored and secured some lines to the rocks.  It was a beautiful calm evening so we sent up the drone for a better view.

The next day we made further progress towards our destination.  We were still without detailed charts as we had sailed beyond our downloaded area and had spent the night away from mobile reception.  We were now sailing amongst small islands and shallow waters so had to be wary.

As the traffic on the water built up we also restored our chart plotter resolution and navigated to a shallow protected bay for the night.  The 'Bikini Beach Bar' was the only feature on the landscape so we ventured across the lagoon in our tender to investigate.

The following day after 'school' we set off again -this time with ideal conditions and only a short distance to cover.  It was a rare pleasure to tack back and forth, weaving between the islands -until now every stretch has been on a single tack.

Our destination that evening was a sheltered bay on the eastern side of Otok Žut.  After failing to anchor a couple of times on the rocky seabed we took and mooring buoy and with it were obliged to dine at Restaurant Trabakul.  A lovely spot where the children were entertained by many stray cats begging for scraps.