Korcula

We have just arrived in Korcula town (on the Island of the same name,) had a wander, some lunch and a snooze (Cathe) homework (boys) and email catch up (me).

We had a cracking six hour sail down from the Pakleni Islands off Hvar with a 20-30 kt following breeze, broke out the spinnaker pole for the genoa, hitting 10 kts on the dial quite a few times while surfing the short Adriatic swells and leaving a few other yachts behind in the process. Not bad for a floating caravan.

The Paklenis were beautiful and feature in a few Croatian tourist posters for that reason (google images and you will see why). After Split (industrial) and Milna on Brac (quaint in a nice way) we had a two day stop over there waiting in a protected anchorage for the south winds to abate, swimming and taking it easy. The northerly came through with a blast last night (causing minor havoc amongst the yachts before easing) so we were up and at 'em this morning.

Marco Polo is claimed as a wandering son of Korcula so of course every second shop here is named after him, some claiming to be his house, or his mother's maiden aunt's etc etc. Hmmmm. Nonetheless this is rightly touted as one of Croatias great surviving medieval towns. The mountains on the mainland loom above the channel in a dramatic fashion and lunch on the battlements was most satisfactory.

Off to Dubrovnik next and contemplating a few long days to get to Greece.

Cheerio.