Graptolite - Back on the Veneto
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Thu 19 May 2011 14:08
May 2011
We sailed out of Rimini last weekend in beautiful weather and anchored
overnight off the River Po delta. On Saturday we continued on up towards
Venice when in sight of St Mark's through the entrance to the lagoon we were
hit by a sudden F8 and heavy rain. Nearly lost the dinghy and the bimini
cover and got soaking wet and semi-hypothermic before we could dig out the
oilies. A plan to swan up and down the Laguna Veneta was abandoned and we
carried on to the Porto Piave Vecchia, near Lido di Jesolo, and lurched onto
the marina's fuel berth and clung on there to avoid any expensive encounters
while parking up in strong wind.
Later that evening, we got a taxi into Venice and a vaporeto down the Grand
Canal and had dinner in a restaurant next to the Rialto Bridge then Heike
caught a sleeper train to Munich and I got a slow train back to Jesolo und
das Boot.
I woke up to a windless, sunny morning and moved on to our arranged berth on
the other side of the marina. We will probably be staying here for the rest
of the year and use it as a base for cruising the top end of the Adriatic
and Croatia.
M