Island Hopping

Off to Another Island

September 10, 2013

Vis is a beautiful island!  However, we were considering going to the island of Korcula until Capt. Rob told us that from where we would make landfall on that island was at least a fifty mile sail.  That's a bit much for a vacation sailing adventure.  We decided to scrap that plan and go to Hvar with the crew of Royalty.  It was a short hop from Vis to Hvar.

This morning, we arose as we had and the activity in the kitchen had begun.  Coffee was made, water was boiled for tea and fruit and yogurt were also available.

We departed from Vis and headed to Hvar, a supposed playground of the rich and famous.  The short trip was uneventful and we made the sail over rather quickly.  We entered the cove and began to look for the village.  As we got further into the cove, we noticed a cruise ship anchored further in.  Also there was a 4 masted schooner at anchor there.

Of course there was other marine traffic as well like really slick looking tour boats and fancy and expensive motor yachts.

We approached the harbor of the village.  We slowly rode around looking for space on the quay.  There were none!  We thought something had to be wrong, but there were no spaces.  We decided to attempt to pick up a mooring.  The wind was rather brisk, but we knew we could do it. 

Well, it's not like a mooring in the BVIs.  Here you pick up the mooring and then you have to secure the stern to the land--a tree or perhaps another anchor.  We still thought we could do it. The truth is, it's a lot more challenging than we thought.  We found a mooring, but the boat hook would not fit in the eye of the pennant.  We opted to just anchor.  We got that done and settled in for a while.

We thought there were water taxis, but we wrong there.  We had a dinghy, but it was a little small for a crew of 7 without someone getting wet.  Five of the crew managed to flag down a boat and the captain consented to take them in.  Dolly and I stayed on the boat.  The crew returned and we hung out and chatted about what they had seen.  They said the village was gorgeous.  Soon all turned in for the night.