Split to Dugi Otok - 1st July to 3rd July 2008
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Split to Dugi Otok - 1st July
to 3rd July 2008 Destination Soline on Disctance Covered: 100 Nm (By Richard Matt) 1 July – Talk to Mike the night before and he said ask Pete if I
wanted to come aboard. So I left hostel in search of the Lady
Drake. Once found, everybody was asleep. Waited till they were up
and asked Pete if I could come aboard. He said “yes”.
We then bought supplies and started to sail in the afternoon. Pete taught
me a little about sailing, how to tack. We reached a protected bay for
the night. Took the day heat away by jumping into crystal, clear water.
Had supper and a few drinks to many (chardonnay, sparkling wine, port, beer)
I’m still amazed no one fell overboard from are dancing and acerbities on
deck. Many Elvis and Frank Sinatra songs were sang……horribly.
2 July – Woke by salting my body up from the bay
water’s. We then set sail, learning more from Pete and Mike.
The sights are still breathe taking. Once anchored in for the night we
took are time getting ready for the big night on the town of one restaurant in
the national park. Once ashore we came into the realization that the
restreants just closed and the garbage dumpster was a distance away. Drop
the garbage off and back to the Lady Drake. Back aboard, we started to
play rummy before long it was turned into a drinking game. Pete had this
great idea of taking shots of some sort of Greek moonshine. It hit him
like a rock. The only thing that kept Mike and me alive were that we were
dealt better hands than Pete. At one point of the game Pete needed to
have another Greek moonshine shot so he said “Be strong, 1, 2,
3.” But it sounded like “Pete’s strong, 1, 2,
3.”
3 July – Got up again by jumping into the water. Left the
National Park for a long day of sailing. Winds were weak so most of the
time we used the Diesel Engine. Weaving through the islands and immersing their
beauty. Stop off in a bay for a quick swim. Drop the outside shower
throttle into the bottom of the bay. Manage to retrieve it by driving
about 22 feet. We then moved on to anchor off at another place on route
to our final distention. The motor quit so we drop the anchor
there. Put the outboard motor on the dinging. Pete fixed the
motor’s problem. Went to a restaurant order fish that we picked
from a tray. Pete was going to move the dingy and the fish came to the
table. Mike and I (Richard) could not wait any longer for Pete so we
started to eat with out him. He showed up half way though supper having
discovered that we had actually walked to the other side of the island for
dinner so no dingy was to be found. Had my first fish eye with
mike. Went back to Lady Drake, along the way we saw a sunken ship.
Had a few hours of sleep before the long journey tomorrow.
A final jump
from the boat:
Some technical facts: The distance on the log of Lady Drake Reached 6666.6:
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