by Selim E. on Sat, 1st, Sep 2018
Final check of boat. We have breakfast and pack our stuff and leave boat around 10am. Before leaving for home we clean up the outer side of the breakwater from plastic debris. We collect around six mid size bags of plastic but are from finished. While we clean the breakwater base staff do not care as their own coffee cups get blown away by wind. I beg the base manager to be more careful and to advise his stuff. He says that he is aware of the problem but his people do not care. At around midday we leave Murter towards Austria. A heavy thunderstorm is approaching and as we leave heavy rain sets in and lasts for about 2 hours.
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by Selim E. on Wed, 29th, Aug 2018
Wind again fresh. We do another walk on top of the cliffs. Swimming and Snorkeling until midday. We leave in early afternoon towards Piskera. Again lovely downwind sailing. We sail in southern direction between Kornat island and the western Kornati islands. Today my brother notices that one of the lead pulleys for jib is completely worn off and does not turn anymore. I have noticed a certain resistance when pulling in Genoa sheet before but could not think of such a defect. Fortunately the Genoa sheets glides quite easily round the pulley. However, I consider this a major and safety threatening defect to be included in the logbook.
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by Selim E. on Mon, 27th, Aug 2018
Clear sky and wind force decreasing but still strong with up to 25 kn in the harbor. At around 11am we depart from Marina Jezera and head towards Zut. We motor until the southern head of island Murter and then set sails (reefed). With 12 to 20kn wind from north east we are able to sail quite fast. Gusts of about 28kn. Finally wind changes to a more northern direction which forces us to tack towards Pasman. We decide to stay in Landin bay. We moor our boat on a buoy. After quite a long day with a lot of sailing we are happy to take a swim. Girls go ashore with dinghy.
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by Selim E. on Sat, 25th, Aug 2018
After 8 hours driving we (my brother and our two daughters) arrived in Jezera on the beautiful island Murter at 7 p.m.. We took over the boat, a Beneteau First 35 (built 2012) and stowed our luggage in the boat. The weather is calm today but expected to get worse during the night. To be exact, a Bora is expected for the night, to last until Monday morning.
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by Selim E. on Fri, 5th, May 2017
Back in Pula we headed for a magnificient Pizza place - Pizzeria Jupiter near the amphi-theatre. Next day we returned the boat and set out for a last coffee in down town Pula. I found this saying at the front matter of the menu which reflects so much my current state of mind ;)
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by Selim E. on Wed, 3rd, May 2017
We cruised into the night until we arrived in Cres. Fair wind with 12kn. A little rain shower in the morning when we woke up and exactly when we biked towards the town center for a coffee.
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by Selim E. on Tue, 2nd, May 2017
After two days our third man arrived and we continued our trip to Mali Losinj. We set course towards the exceptionally beautiful lighthouse Porer and then towards Losinj. Again the discussion on board if it is safe to go in between Porer and the island Premantura. And the answer is: for a regular yacht and low wind: yes, but be careful about the cross seas as different wave systems are intersecting at this cape. One can see the rough surface of the water easily and for a small boat it might be safer to go south of Porer.
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by Selim E. on Mon, 1st, May 2017
During a one week trip from Veruda to Vrsar and back to Veruda and then to Mali Losinj and Cres we spotted Dolphins nearly everyday and the largest school of dolphins I have ever seen - approx. 10 individuals happily jumping and swimming around near Rovinj.
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by Selim E. on Sun, 30th, Apr 2017
Second sailing trip in the Pula area. This time with a sporty and brand new Dehler 42 and a small but well trained crew. We chartered the boat via Trend Travel Yachting from First-Class-Yachting in Veruda.
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by Selim E. on Wed, 12th, Apr 2017
Frühstück an Bord, dann hastiges Übersetzen an Land, damit wir noch vor dem angekündigten Gewitter die Insel besichtigen können. Die Insel diente einst einer miltärischen Verteidigungsanlage. Die Reste dieser Anlage, einige verfallene Steinhäuschen, ein Friedhof mit liegenden Kreuzen und eine seltsame Sammlung von Sonnnehüten verleihen dieser Insel etwas Geheimnisvolles. Einige Indizien - Requisiten, verwitterte Plakate und eine behelfsmäßige Tribüne - deuten darauf hin, dass auf den alten Gemäuern irgendwann Theaterstücke oder Konzerte gegeben wurden.
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