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 Sun, 17th, Jun 2018
Cruising towards Rust (Foto: Diana F.)
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by Selim E. on Sat, 2nd, Jun 2018
Together with my girl friend and family I spent a couple of days near Obertrumer See (Lake Obertrum). Lake Obertrum is one of three rather small lakes near Salzburg. Its sister lake Mattsee is home to the boat builder Schöchl who is known for its high quality
Sunbeam yachts.
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by Selim E. on Sun, 20th, May 2018
First time I visited Lake Constance which partly is located in Austria. It is huge and it has some characteristics in common with sea, e.g. varying water level.
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by Selim E. on Tue, 1st, May 2018
During last days we have watched weather reports intensively as a low pressure field is expected to approach from southwest, moving towards Sicily. Weather forecasts predicted strong southeasterly winds for Wednesday afternoon and Thursday in our area reaching 30-40 knots on Thursday. So we had to skip our original plan to go to Lastovo island. Instead we headed back to Mljet.
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by Selim E. on Mon, 30th, Apr 2018
Thanks to our host two bicycles are prepared early in the morning. We ride southwards to the large lake (Veli Jezero) where a track leads us around the lake. The lake itself is beautiful. It is actually an inlet from sea but is separated from sea only by a narrow channel. On a small island at the southern shore of the lake a Benedictine monastery has been erected in the 12th century. It is the major attraction for tourists. I actually was more impressed by the rich flora there and a small fishermen settlement.
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by Selim E. on Sun, 29th, Apr 2018
Extremely light wind today as we depart from ACI Marina Dubrovnik. Right after leaving the channel that leads to the yacht harbor three dolphins appear below our bow and accompany us for a while. With engine, we head directly towards the northwestern end of Mljet. At midday we see gain a pod of dolphins near the eastern end of Mljet. After Okuklje wind increases and we are able to hoist sails. 8 knots of wind let us sail some miles against a north westerly. We check and trim sails and rigg for the days to come.
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