We all awoke, went to the bathhouse and returned to the boat to get a little bit to eat. Most except me were having coffee or tea. I opted for some OJ, bread and yogurt. Shortly, after completion of our breakfast, we cast off from the marina. We needed to get moving because we were supposed to rendezvous with Captain Rob Chichester and his crew who were leaving from Kremik, about 30 nautical miles south of us. We eased on out and it was such a beautiful day. We were underway!
We got out of the Sibenik harbor area and turned to port to get out into the Adriatic Sea. Our trip was uneventful as we motored along and got a good course charted. One crewmember decided to get the chartplotter to do the work for us. I had pulled out my handheld gps and set a route for us to take as well. We set the autopilot and began to cruise south.
It appears that Sunday is the day of the week that the charter companies start their charter boats. There were numerous boats out as we traversed southward. There was some wind, but we opted to continue motoring so that we would arrive at a good time. I hailed the other boat, but got no response.
After about 4 or 5 hours, we arrived in the area. We cruised around looking for the other boat, Royalty, but to no avail. After cruising around for about an hour we finally made contact with Royalty. She was a little bit behind us. Eventually, Capt. Rob and Royalty arrived in the area. He brought the 50 footer in and dropped anchor. We were going to raft up, but later chose not to. We dropped anchor and settled in for the evening.
Two of the crew swam over to Royalty and visited with that crew for a while. In the meantime, dinner was started. Our crewmembers returned and dinner was served. We sat around in the cockpit drinking beverages and talking. A good day!
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