Thursday 13 September 2018

Croatia - sailing - day 6 - Žirje

Today's forecast - SW wind. And yet again, it is exactly in our direction so no spinnaker.
But even worse - when we got out of marina, there was no wind whatsoever, so we spent the whole day on engine while going to Žirje island.

no wind

there was a fire on the mainland, these plains tried to put it out

Yesterday we saw dolphins but they were very far away. Today we had more luck with them. We saw at least 15-20 specimens, and some of them decided to go closer to us.

dolphins

dolphins

In the evening we got to Žirje Island, waited for night to fall, and then went for a night sailing. It was an interesting experience. There was no Moon, and the stars were scarse because of the clouds, but the visibility was surprisingly good. 


night sailing
During night we went from Žirje to west part of Murter and tied the sailing boat to a buoy of some restaurant. Again we saw dolphins, they were very close to the boat and followed us for a few minutes.

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