Wednesday, June 8, 2011, Veli Losinj

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Wednesday was a great day for sailing and as Charlie stated, we used every sail. All-point spinnaker, the Asymmetrical spinnaker, Genoa & Main kept Charlie and Alistair busy while the girls spent many hours coloring in the v-berth. Around 4:30, we stopped at Losinj and we discovered the most charming small village and cove.



Veli Losinj Poster I found on the Ferry

Not really a marina, but one or two spots for travelers to tie up along the Quay. The inner harbor was filled with local fishing boats and there were 2 or 3 larger tour boats but that was it. We tied up alongside a restaurant and the girls were all over the boat entertaining the few that were eating at the dockside tables. Imagine, a big red boat with an American flag flying and 2 young dancing beautiful girls on the deck! One of the largest dockside tables just happened to be along where we tied the boat so we took charge of this table and ordered appetizers, wine and beer! It was a beautiful feast. We spent the remainder of the afternoon doing a bit of exploration in which Ken and I found a hidden “Bonsai” garden open to the public. Aside from the interesting Bonsai and other plants, we discovered that Kiwi is actually a vine fruit!

Wednesday evening, we ate dinner at the same restaurant after I fixed something for the girls so they could have an early evening.


Launching Isabella’s “sailboat”


It floats!


Inner Harbor at Veli Losinj

Tuesday, Overnight on the hook (really a mooring ball)

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Tuesday, June 7th. We left Skadin around 7:30 AM with our fresh laundry, some more ice, new groceries and another full shopping cart that was filled full of assorted “liquids”. We would like to find someplace for our one anchor-off that was planned for Tuesday. It is unfortunate that today’s weather is overcast and windy. We snacked most of the day and the plan would be to cook dinner on the boat. Our first bay that we tried later in the day had 2 other boats anchored. It was still windy and after 20 minutes, we found the anchor was not holding so we looked for another spot


First Anchor try in a windy bay with Fish farm close by.


Our future mooring ball in our private cove

It wasn’t a long journey to find the 2nd cove called Brbinj on Dugi Otok. It was an absolutely lovely small cove with a single large mooring ball. We tied up to the mooring ball and had the cove all to ourselves.

The 20 knot winds finally died down and we had a lovely pasta dinner on the deck. In the middle of the night we had a huge thunder and lightning storm with heavy rain that followed. By morning, the sun was out and we had a relaxing hour or so before shoving off. For breakfast, I cooked my normal fried potatoes, sausage and egg mix. One skillet dishes work best on the boat especially when the weather is not completely cooperative for cooking.


Alistar taking pictures of us from the water

Sunday, Monday at Stadin ACI Marina

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Sunday morning, June 5, we left our mooring ball early to sail to Skadin Marina where we planned to stay for 2 nights. We arrived around 6:30 which was later than we had expected, but it was ni play and regrouping. This ACI marina did not have a pool for the girls to play in, but they had excellent showers, shopping and laundry service. We made arrangements to have our laundry done and back to us by late the next day. You can imagine we all scrambled to collect what ever we could to get it done by someone else! Dockside laundry just doesn’t do it!!

In the morning, Raouf, Alistair, Michelle & Isabella took a tour ferry to the National Park where there were waterfalls. The internet service at the marina was very good so Ken, Charlie and I worked at the boat for most of the day until the other crew came back from the Falls. I had a chance to get some of the blog updated with pictures, although several weeks late.

In the evening, Raouf, Alistair, Ken and I went to dinner leaving Charlie in charge of the girls. We had a wonderful meal of their fresh fish, with spinach and risotto.