Vis to Dubrovnik

The sites and marinas we've seen have been varied. Vis (pronounced Veeye) was a lovely little village that was hard to leave. Vela Luka was very different in that it was an industrial town, not at all geared to tourists. That made it nice, but I didn't even go ashore there, partly because we didn't get in until late, and since we'd anchored in very tight quarters, it was entertaining watching other boats try to squeeze in. The next morning, we watched as a huge fishing boat that had come in very late the precious night was being kissed by the bow of the sailboat next to us. As they let out their anchor, we were on watch, and decided to let ours out as well.

We headed for Korćula after our live entertainment ended, only to have the sailboat alongside us part of the way down the coast. Korčula was a delightful town, and provided more entertainment. A storm was coming through so no boats could moor outside the breakwall. THis proved to be problematic for us because we were in line after 14 Aussie racing boats were to come in. Our boat got in, then Skipper Wayne managed to get spots for the other two. That was nice because they were out of food. Not a problem for our boat. We had a walking tour of the ancient city which wants to claim this is the birthplace of Marco Polo. Probably not though. The town activitiy really picked up during the day, so we headed down to Mljet.

Our boat stayed on Mljet for a full day while the other boats took off to see Dubrovnik. We made a great decision, confirmed within five minutes of us traveling bz minivan to the west end of the island. The vistas were magnificent. We aimed for the national park which has strict restsrictions for fire, matches, cigarettes, etc. I rode a bike for 2 hours, hiked around, canoed for a bit and just had a relaxing, non-sailing day.

Today we awoke early to get to Dubrovnik ourselves. We toured the harbor on Fizz before coming into our last harbor. We've lazed around this afternoon, and are now off for a night on the town.