Eight o’clock….. wake up with a fog, not really suitable for navigating the canals from Aquileia to Grado. However, the track on yesterday’s navigation chart plotter helps us, together with the radar, to reach the center of Grado without problems. We then reach the marina of Porto San Vito for comfortable and safe mooring for …
A half-hour walk from the marina takes you to the center of Aquileia. The day passes between visits to the Basilica, the ancient river port and the national archaeological museum which tells, in an exhibition of modern conception, the extraordinary history of the Roman city of Aquileia, an ancient Mediterranean port that connected East and …
The year-end cruise is scheduled for a navigation in the canals of the Grado lagoon. This morning we wake up at 5:30 am to prepare the boat departing at 6: 00. This is to arrive at the lowest point of the canals with a level of at least 1, 5 meters of water
Unfortunately we are returning to departure port, Monfalcone LNI. Yesterday’s crossing of Quarnaro, all by motor with smooth sea for the last tan. Today, however, it is replicated with a light NW wind for mainsail + mizzen and engine navigation.
Yesterday navigation under storm. After abundant washing, we moved inside with the heating to dry people and things.Dinner again at Mala Rava in the usual konoba with excellent Peka octopus.
Yesterday I left La Bum to return to Italy. Gloomy and a bit sad weather. Maybe because I have to go back … I already miss the wandering of La Bum among the magnificent islands of Croatia, Renato’s delicacies and the special hospitality that Luigi, the skipper, reserves for his crew. Hello Croatia 🇭🇷, hello …
Today the temperature dropped considerably so we give ourselves to culture …. Tour to old Zadar for the whole crew. We also go to the tip of the quay to see and hear the sea organ designed by architect Nikola Basic: an exciting work. The sound 🎶 is produced by the wave motion, polystyrene pipes, …
