Adria 2016 autumn
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- Published: Tuesday, 27 November 2018 09:11
Travel diary of the Balaton Table Sea tour
11/11/2016: The Balatoni Table’s team of 6 performed seafaring.
Participants: Phoenix, Miklós Szilágyi, captain of the Balaton Table
Lupo di Mare, György Sárkány, captain of the Sea Star
Vagabund, Peter Szamos, and his captive, Martha
Aspirant, George Bunda, and captive, Rita
11:02.
In late autumn, we set off with our captain Phoenix's minibus, boarding in Balatonboglár, Kaposvár and Nagykanizsa. The bus departed at 10 am in the morning and finished the team at 13:15 in Nagykanizsa. The destination was the port of Kastela Gomilica before Split, 524 km from Nagykanizsa. We arrived at the harbor at 18:30 on a rainy road. Stuff, layout, sleeping, and getting to know the ship started. The boat is a four-cabin version of the Dufour Gib Sea 43, which has been registered as the Sea Star. After we settled in, we had dinner (baked sausages and sausages with bread, mustard) and had a nice chat and arranged the next day's options. After lengthy analysis and a few glasses of wine, the team came to the conclusion that the wind direction and the weather would be decisive in choosing a destination. We rested calmly.
11:03.
It was raining, and it kept going all morning. The local information promised Bora, so we have selected Stari Grad as a destination, located ~ 30 tm on the island of Hvar. After a hearty breakfast we retrieved the ship's papers and set off in the heavy rain at ~ 11am.
The sailing was led by Captain Phoenix because, due to Lupo di Mare's previous achilles in injury, he had undertaken only counseling assignments between physiotherapists. After leaving the harbor, 20-25 knots of Bora steered the water and rain. We motorized ~ 3 tm to the tip of Ciovo Island, where we pulled Genoa and targeted the passage between Brac and Solta. The ship was going great, moving at speeds between 8-8.3 knots and three quarters wind. The only distraction was the constant rain, which we tried to neutralize with rum.
I was at the helm on this 12 tm section and enjoyed it, despite the rain. The ship was very handy, insensitive to the waves, keeping the direction steady. Unfortunately, the wind had run out and the rain had stopped. (allegedly these two are related to the Adriatic) So we continued to motor towards Hvar and docked at Stari Grad around 4:30 pm.
We ended up at the quay and took a short sightseeing tour. The unfortunate fact was that the water block was not working, allegedly due to a pipe break. We had dinner on board, roast meat with bread, delicious cucumber, and a few glasses of wine. After dinner, we passed the time beside the travel experiences, pleasantly anecdotal with earlier boat stories.
11:04.
We woke up to a brilliant day! I'm not trying to describe it, here's a photo of it.
9 am, sunny, unfortunately no wind. (these two are said to be related to the Adriatic) The breakfast was a delicious onion cheese cooked by Captain Phoenix. With a full stomach, we set off for the island of Brac by motor. In the area between Hvar and Brac, we enjoyed the sunshine in a gentle breeze with full sails and 2-3 knots. On the south side of Brac, we visited former submarine bases in hidden bays, admiring the work of a fishing cooperative for seagulls, fish, or both.
We sailed again through the passage between Brac and Solna and continued on towards Boboviste. We didn't end up because everything was closed, but it looked very nice and rich from the ship. We saw the coast like this:
After Boboviste, we set sail for Milna, and at 4 pm, after a ~ 25m sailing, we moored at the ACI Marina in Milna.
After mooring there was a cat petting and a short sightseeing tour.
Group portraits on the harbor shoreline prove the great atmosphere.
Finally, the team had pampered roasted chicken breasts for dinner. There was a water block in the marina, with persistent search we were able to get warm water, and refreshed pleasantly, we anecdotal until late at night with the usual few glasses of wine, rum and blueberry brandy.
11:05.
The weather became cloudy and windy on the morning, but now with Jugo. The team plans to finish today at Gomilica, the base port, because we want to dismantle the sails before the rain and prepare the boat for wintering. While we were having breakfast, the Yugo kept blowing and the rain started to drizzle. So we headed straight to the base port for the last section of ~ 17 tm. Avoiding Brac's cover, we got nice big waves of wind, no wind! We were driven by the motor towards the wind, which was only 5 tm before the island of Ciovo. From there, however, it took us nicely, half-winds to Gomilica. We docked in the rain and the Yugo got stronger. The removal and folding of the sails has become more hands-on as illustrated in the following pictures.
After a job well done, dinner, homemade sausage with mustard, bread and wine. The standard of supply did not diminish, although we went to the store for bread only. Stocks lasted until the end of the road. Thanks for the corsars.
11:06.
The day of the trip home. The Yugo keeps blowing and falling. That's why the corsairs started to make breakfast. (Scrambled eggs with 20 eggs, onions, sausage and all) After that, the packing mood was not on the top, but by 10 am, everything was done, the ship was cleaned and tied up with safety ropes. We left the Croatian Adriatic coast in constant, variable rainfall. The rain stopped just before Zagreb, from there we could come on a drier road. The Kanizsa crew set off at 4:00 pm and the others started on for a goodbye after a friendly farewell. It was a great pleasure and honor for me to be part of such a great team and sail the Adriatic.
Thanks!
Nagykanizsa, 08/11/2016.
Vagabund
