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June-July 2025

Croatia Sailing with Stu & Jay then Nikki & Anya

A very circuitous route thanks to all the conflicts

At Withy Spring with Mike and Mary

Visiting Liz's new headstone with Steve

Up to Dad's for Steves favourite - drumsticks!

With Dad and Ann

Arriving in Croatia - Crocodile Marine and SNAFU!

en route swims

Lamjana Mala - pretty spot and good pizza at head of bay

On the east side of Olib - with Gigi and his temporary buoys!

Walking across to the west harbour side of Olib

Its just another fixer-upper!

Olib Fort

At Premuda with water being tankered in

Storm clouds gather (and later disperse)

Following the pipe up a very long hill to the top

Atmospheric sky at Premuda

Premuda - crystal clear waters

Katie boards back

Getting a lean on

En route

Swimming at Rab

At anchor - note the ball!

Rab

Rab old town with 4 spires

Rab

And here are the four spires from different eras

departing Rab in the morning

Daniel

Towering cumulus over the Velebit...

Nice rooftop bar in Rab town

Uh Oh. Trouble arriving!

Top ice cream!

Now thats how to go ashore. Punat.

Very nice restaurant in Punat

Wandering round Punat with a very sore nose thanks to the storm.

Century plant flowering!

DJ and JD

Back at the rooftop bar, Rab

Rab

Swims at Olib

Danny takes us in

At anchor - finally the steaming light is working!

At Olib

Olib (rough on this side, we stayed on the south by the church

Olib harbour

Heading for Muline

A very nice restuarant at Muline - best seats in the house!

The view from our table

Sukosan: Swapping Stu and Jay for Nikki and Anya for a few days

Swinging off the halyard.

Sunsets

Paddleboard Shenanigans

Nikki and Katie

At Ivana on Zlarin - a top meal!

Zlarin

Zlarin

Farewelling Nikki and Anya

Danny at the helm (playing with the Nav buttons

Bobovisce

Rowing ashore

Parked on the difficult side!

Scrubbing up. Quite close to shore!

It's a mans life.

Back at Agana.

On the early morning bus up to Zagreb