• Watermelon Wanderings IV: Ploče to Lastovo

      It was hot. Not like a hot that we normally know, but one that seems to make you squint even though you are in the shade. As if making your vision being less bright could give you some relief. The place where we load the cargo is in a big port, not much shade, …

  • Watermelon Wanderings Part II- Kaštela to Brač: Fun In the sun

    Part II Kastela to Brač: Fun in the Sun “This is the best place in the world” I heard them say. We were somewhere in the Brački Kanal and headed out after swimming. Actually this is a very common thing for a Dalmatian to say. Especially the older folks can be heard saying this or …

  • Watermelon Wanderings Part I- Dubrovnik to Kaštela: Morning Light

    Morning Light Preparing the boat can always be a little stressful. Time is short and there is a long list of things that have to be done. Three years ago, we had to build a mast a prepare rigging for Bente Dorte. Last year, Chris helped rewire some of the electronics on the boat, a …

  • Watermelon Wanderings Part III: Neretva Sailing

    We decided we would have to get up very early to make it to Opuzen, on the river. Not because it was far away but because we had several stops to make. First we had to go to Zaostrog, a town below the Biokovo Mountains. This is interesting for us because one of our crew …