Building a boat takes commitment and heart, and sometimes the most difficult part is just starting the project from the beginning. While building this 5.5 meter boat with the kids from the home for children Vrbina home for children in Sisak, Croatia none of these things were problem. The preparation came together like clockwork and …
There is a special feeling getting underway on a boat with no engine. One that is difficult to describe. It is like mix between helplessness and being ultra prepared at the same time. In your mind you run each scenario as you scan the horizon looking for tells of wind, crossing vessels, thinking to …
It was obvious there was more rain coming. That evening Orsat cooked dinner. Orsat is a professional mountaineer and a sailor I have known for many years. He is an excellent climber and knows his way around camp stove. He made a dinner of polenta with tomato sauce and vegetables and a few other ingredients, which …
A few days before arriving in Ploce, they told us the watermelon was not ready. The mayor of Ploce had arranged to get them from various farms around the valley. When I called the week before, he said that he wasn’t sure because the watermelon were not ripe this year. there have been lots …