43:18.56N 16:26.88E

Left a bit late, around 10:00 but who cares.  Once we rounded the point we actually could sail.  With Force 4 winds behind us we set the sails for wing & wing.  Mainsail out to one side and the headsail out to the other.  Need to keep an eye out for slight wind shifts but it does move us along quite nicely.  Set a gibe preventer to be safe.  Interestingly we caught a few other boats with only the headsail out.  Once they saw us the attempted the same wing &wing.  Sailing was nice for a change and we made good progress toward Otok Solta when we were planning to stop for fuel.

As we approached O. Solta we crossed paths with the Yacht Week Regatta.  This is the last day of the weekly run and they all “race” back to the marina.  Actually they looked like they were doing a good job and we passed safely through the end of the field without incident.  Standard COLREGS apply even if they think they are racing and have the right of way.

We approached the fuel dock at O. Solta and realized that this is the last day of the weekly rental boats and they all need fuel.  There were 15 boats ahead of us and 15 knots wind.  Needless to say we decided to bag the fuel and head to our anchorage on Brac.

Now that this is the third time in U. Lucice we have this down pretty good.  Nearly all mooring were occupied so we grabbed a small one.  The dingy helper said that a full size one would free up in one hour and we should grab that.  Just as he said it did and we picked up the buoy close to shore.

Got a chance to meet another American boat, and Amel 54 from Long Island.  Nice folks who were enjoying the summer.  They were planning to bring the boat to a marina in a week for the end of their summer sailing.  Some people have to work and are required to go back!