Life On Sail

This is a different type of video I uploaded on youtube.  It's 1 hour of unedited sailing. In this case, during a rainy day.  And most of all, it's interactive, as you can scroll while you watch and direct the camera wherever you please. You choose your point of view.  If you're on laptop/computer, use your mouse and drag the video the direction you want.  If you're on mobile phone, just do the same with your finger.  You can hear the wind, the waves for 1h. Put it has background sound and be transported to the Adriatic sea! 

When arriving Montenegro, we have to check in the boat.    After taking care of the vignette purchase (73 euros) at the harbourmaster's and the checking in with the cross border policce actually stamping our documents this time, The Zelenika port told us to go pay our tourist tax for the boat (and its crew) at the next marina. We sailed to Kotor directly as we only have 3 days of good weather until the storm hits and the weather stays rainy and grey for a full week. Only engine on Kotor bay and it was so beautiful we couldn't believe our eyes. It looks like a fjord! See below It was a 12.8 NM sailing in 2h20 at 3.9 knots average. But once again things didn't go as planned. We arrived on a bank holiday (Friday) so the tax office in the Kotor old city was closed. We are supposed to pay that tax within 24hours... The next saturday, we went back again and it was also closed. Sunday closed of course. And monday, we arrived Tivat... without any proper tourist tax paid! S...

  We were to cross the border to Montenegro today but got stopped by the police few miles before. It's forbidden to fish in Croatia without a permit. And it was the only time we fished ever since we lost our "good" bait. And that's the day we get caught. We thought they came to check our paperwork. Which they did. But the main point is that you cannot fish in Croatia without a permit. This is for environmental protection. We had no clue. They also saw we were not checked out of Croatia. Nico had to get on their boat and pay a hefty fine of 173 euros. And had to explain why we weren't registered as out of the Croatia since there was no one at the cross border Croatian police station. Because of that, they told us to wait till night to cross the border as the Croatian police didn't stamp our checkout papers. At least there is no photo proof we crossed the country from Croatia. We did 28.5 NM in 7h28 min with 2 h wait in a mooring till sunset. 3.8 knot aver...

  We did 8.1 NM in 2h10, there was wind at first then none by the time we arrived Dubrovnik. Smooth sailing. Mooring in front of the city is supposed not to be free, 3 euros per meter but let's see. We're the only ones! Finally when we came back end of the day, no one came to collect money. Here is a sneak peek of our visit in beautiful Dubrovnik. It's easily one of our top 3 visit so far, along with Matera, Bonifacio and Rome. But it was so much fun as we tried to re-enact scenes from Game of Thrones that were shot there.   We left our mooring in frong of Dubrovni because there was too much swell. It was after sunset so it got dark quickly. 5 NM in 1 h We went to Cavtat, which is our last stop before crossing the border. Which means, a lot of paperwork to be done. And it didn't go as planned. When leaving Croatia, we have to check-out of the country by getting the Boat and crew list paperwork issued then stamped by the cross border police. However, in our case, the c...

  We went from too much wind to none today. We had 22 knots of wind, peak speeding at 7.2 knots. We reached 29.6 NM in 6h28. At least it was a beautiful day today, no rain. But we used the engine a lot. At least the batteries are charged!

  we went from no wind to 25 knots wind gusts. Had to take reefs and then finally hoist the jib. It was raining to help it all... We arrived all wet. We reached 15.7 NM in 3h18 at 4.8 knots average. We peaked at 7.5 knots.

  We were supposed to go to Korcula city but with the rain pouring we decided to just shelter. We had good wind at the end of the sailing trip. Total of 15.8 NM in 3h35 mn at 4.4 knots average.

  Few minutes after leaving, something stuck onto our propellers. Nico had to dive and remove the plastic sheet. We used the Insta360 camera to check what was happening under the boat first. Luckily it took no time to retrieve the plastic debris and we could continue our course. Plus the wind picked up right after that incident so we didn't have to use the propellers anymore. We peaked at 7.5 knots today. It rained a bit as well. We reached 25.1 NM in 5h10 at 4.8 knots average, which is not bad considering we didn't pause the navigation when we were stuck for 30 minutes with the propeller issue.

  7h30 at 4 knots average for 30,4 NM. It was a long day. Between wind and engine. A bit colder today. So no sunbathing at all. Did my first sailing ASMR video during this trip. There was no where to berth the boat or moor. So I went to visit the city on my own. It was a bit desertic. Quick 15 mn tour and I was done.

  8,3 NM in 2h17 at 3.6 knots average. We thought there wouldn't be wind but we were proven wrong. Peaceful ride again, sheltered by the many islands around. So no swell.

  We only reached 23.9 NM in 7h20 at 3.1 knots average. We saw dolphins when we left and when we arrived.

We only reached 9.8 NM today in 3h10 at 3.1 knots average. There was no wind. It was pretty relaxed.   We moored next to the Great wall of Grebastica.    

  It was raining, then sunny, wind no wind... We reached 23 NM in 5 h at 4,4 knots average. We peaked at 7.5 knots speed today. Nico is happy, we saw dolphins as we approached Sibenik and we anchored close to shore thanks to 2 lines attached to trees! Our visit of Sibenik

36.4 NM in 7h23 minute at 4.9 knots average. We didnt reach our original destination but at least arrived somewhere sheltered