Wednesday, July 29, 2015
"Let's make like a bee and buzz off!" I said, jokingly.
There are bees hanging around the boat. Terry hates bees, after some bad experiences when he was younger. He's down below, hatch closed, with a towel swatting them away.
"Okay, let's get out of here."
We started motoring up.
"Ems, clean up the deck, I'll get the salon floor, and give Alicia the helm."
Gah, cleaning the deck. While the boat is moving, now. I guess I'm really getting experience in all areas of a boat. I used a bucket to collect sea water to dump on deck, and a long brush to scrub off grime.
"How does a boat get so dirty so quickly?"
After about fifteen minutes I called it quits and put everything away. We approached a very narrow channel. Alicia slowed down, as the boat in front of us. Not so bad. Then we approached another area that wasnt as clearly marked to tell yoi how shallow the water was. We had to stay near a beacon, and check our depth meter alongside the iPad chart so we wouldn't run a ground. It was some excellent eamwork with Alicia and me. Terry took pictures as we were working together.
Alicia is still at the helm. It's nice having an extra person do some of the work.
We're heading toward Levrnaka. Mountains on both sides of us are jetting up, creating a simple, yet scenic landscape.
We set anchor at Levrnaka. Not even five minutes later, I hear music playing from a commercial travel boat.
"We're jammin. I wanna jam it with you."
A few minutes pass as we get the dinghy ready.
"Every very little thing is gonna be alright." More Bob Marley.
I've felt very low stress on this trip. Very much, whatever happens, happens in regards to each day's plans. So long as we explore new areas. And Croatia has so much to explore that there's certainly no shortage.
We went to land to get ice cream at the Konoba. Four scoops: rosemary, ginger, olive, and truffle-orange. I must admit, I was hesitant to trying some of those flavors, but I was pleasantly surprised.
We saw a fisherman come in on his boat with fresh fish. There was a lobster cage as well, right outside the restaurant. Adriatic lobsters look different from lobsters found in the U.S., in that the Adriatic versions are more striped, more spikey, and didn't have claws.
"Like a bigger version of shrimp." This is in reference to the Spiny Lobster.
We finished our ice cream and looked around. A little girl tried to get onto a yacht, but the gap between the dock and the plank was too far for her little legs. She attempted, but waited for her dad to extend the plank before reaching out and climbing into it.
"Alright, let's go back to the boat."
We saw anther girl try to water ski, but gave up and her older sister tried and was successful.
We should something fun like that.
"I'm going to jump off from the perch!" I declared.
The water felt amazing. Too deep to see anything around me, but very refreshing.
"Okay, I'm going to try a dive." I looked around me, thinking of how I was going to do this. I had to jump up a foot or two to clear the back rest of the perch, while going out enough so I didn't come too close to the boat. I hesitated, then dove overboard.
"Aww, she loses points for the splash," Terry said as he imitated a judge. He took pictures with his iPhone. "You start off good, we see some nice form," he starts as he shows me the pictures. "There's the jump, and oh no, the knees are too bent, but wait they straighten out but the feet aren't close enough together."
"I want to try!" Alicia followed suit, as did Terry. Each of our dives had their own flavor and style.
After our diving practice, we headed back out to sea. As we rounded out a channel, we looked back to see huge cliffs with small caves.
"Our own private cave!"
As we neared the cliffs, something felt eerie. Too many movies were making my thoughts run wild with creating a scene. We were motoring, so Terry had full control of the boat- we didn't have to worry about a wind shadow from the island.
"I want to go for a swim by the cliffs," Alicia told us. We pulled up closer. About three boat lengths from the cliffs and 80 meters deep.
"Alright, count me in." After seeing Terry get some pictures of Alicia, I decided I'd go in as well. After a few minutes I returned to the boat.
There were only four to five knots with gusts to six now. All we did was roll around in the waves as we headed south. The seas appeared to be three feet, at least. After spending some time down below looking up some things and Skyping Alex, I started feeling a bit queasy. That's what rougher waters will do to you when you're below deck and being thrown around by the waves. We had ten knot winds and now we're down to four knots. At least with higher winds you're tearing through the water. Otherwise you're just bouncing up and down on the boat.
We saw what we presumed to be a Navy ship pass us by. I wonder if they're patrolling.
We motored back through Kornati to anchor at Ravni Žakan, but saw how crowded it was so we kept going to Žirje Island.
I thought I escaped Yacht Week, until Terry and Alicia started dancing on the back perch to Iggy Azalea. They were having fun. I decided to just hang out on the bow instead. I was feeling more relaxed.
We arrived at Uvala Mikavica on Žirje, which was more relaxed than our previous stop. Only three other boats were anchored in the same bay.
For dinner, we started emptying the cabinets and made tuna salad sandwiches.
Another nice, cool night to sleep in my cabin. Much better weather than the previous week.
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