Saturday 16 September 2017 – Korcula

We had a nice comfortable night.  As we awoke to a 7am alarm we noted that the weather was on the change.  It was very cloudy and the wind was building.  So we made our agreed departure at 8am to go to another of the Dalmatian islands, Korcula.

The wind was as expected.  Mainly gusting 6-7, later force 5.  It was from behind, so it was not too bad.  Unfortunately it still was not enough to push us along at 5 knots to get to Korcula in a reasonable time.  So despite what seemed to be a sailing wind we motor sailed all the way.  We kept seeing rain clouds and wore our rain jackets and life jackets, but we didn’t get rained on.  We spoke to the marina last night and they said there was no problem about availability of mooring spaces.  The problem here is the charter boats and flotillas which all come in to the marinas near major airports at the weekends for change over filling the marinas.  But that seems OK for now because we are headed for an island not near an airport so it doesn’t have charter boats based at it.

We arrived here at about 12:30 and were taken to a berth.  The wind is still strong and we had a bit of a problem getting our forward line taut enough to keep us off the quay and the boat next to us.  But we think we are now fine.  Everyone says tomorrow is wind and rain, so our plan to stay two days is fine.

Korcula town is lovely.  It is a Venetian walled city.  The marina is right next to the old city.  So we can walk in whenever we want.  They have decent showers and loos and electricity and water.  We have even found a laundry with a lady who does the washing and drying at a bit more money than in Greece, but not that much.  There is a supermarket also.  So we can get all our domestics done while seeing a lovely town.


We had a long walk around the town this afternoon and went back for dinner.  There is now lightning in the sky, but we can’t hear the thunder so guess the storm is some way away.  There were a few spots of rain a few minutes ago, so that too is coming.  We will stay here tomorrow and hope the weather improves enough on Monday to go to the next interesting island.

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