The next morning I awoke to see a gorgeous 5 masted sailing vessel rounding the point into the bay near Hvar. She was so beautiful and majestic. She flew the Croatian colors.
Five masted Croatian Sailing Vessel
One of our crew has worked on tall ships and she was enthralled by the boat. So was I!We aweighed anchor and took off for the island of Brac.
It was a pleasant leisurely sail to the entrance to the innards of the village of Milna. We had a book that had the call stations to communicate with the marina. We called on the designated channel and at first got no response. We did get a response saying, "Come to the back". There was a marina directly in front us and we thought were where we were supposed to be. We were told to turn the corner and come back. There would be a man in red shirt directing us where to dock.
After a bit we saw a man in a red polo shirt blowing a whistle and waving frantically to us. We figured what he wanted. He wanted us to follow his direction. He directed me to come to a space on a floating dock near the walkway. I backed us up and thanks to bowthrusters I was able to get almost there. I finally got it where he wanted us. By the way, he spoke no English.
He handed me a lazy line and we got that cleated on the port side. Then he started waving at another lazy line. None of us understood what he wanted. He jumped onboard and he cleated that lazy line on the starboard side. Ah, they use two lazy lines here!
The crew dispersed to get land showers and just to look around. I took the boat documents to the marina office and paid the fee. I returned to the boat after inspecting the bathhouse and relaxed. I encountered a black male with a crew of what sounded like Germans. He was indeed a German. We talked for a while and then he was off with his fellow crewmembers.
The sky was getting a little cloudy and then it got rather dark. It began to rain, heavily at times. Dolly returned to the boat after a shower and wanted to go out to eat. I told her I was going to shower and then we could eat.
She had identified a restaurant in the village and that's where we went. It was still raining and we could not eat in the alfresco section. We were in a very nice room with only two other couples. The food was quite good and eventually Dolly and I were in the room alone. We left and returned to the boat. The rest of the crew was enjoying fellowship and talking. We joined in for a while and then everyone went to bed.
The village of Milna
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