{"id":1098,"date":"2013-08-18T17:11:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T16:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2013-08-18T17:23:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T16:23:08","slug":"korcula-to-scedro-hvar-and-palmizana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1098","title":{"rendered":"Korcula to Scedro, Hvar and Palmizana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)   })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');   ga('create', 'UA-42922575-1', 'merrington.net');   ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>We left Korcula early on Friday, thinking we would head over to Vela Luka for a nice anchorage. Well nice in every wind except a western Maestral.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1105\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090526-640x338.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1105\" alt=\"Sailing past Korcula\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090526-640x338.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090526-640x338.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090526-640x338-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090526-640x338-500x264.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sailing past Korcula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, as we are sailing the wind comes in strongly from the west, so we reassess our home for the evening.\u00a0 <b>777 harbours and anchorages<\/b> is a book about sailing in Croatia and the Eastern Adriatic.\u00a0 The authors suggest Scedro Island as a lovely place to hide from a Maestral. We are looking for a nice quiet anchorage and so we select the bay of Carnjeni.\u00a0 As we approach, we mistake the bay alongside called Borova, which is very small and filled by the large cruiser that inhabited it.\u00a0 The autopilot guides us to Carnjeni and we find a beautiful anchorage; remote, enticing, a small beach at one end and shrubs and pines filling the shore. So natural, in fact, that we were barely finished anchoring before the boats was gently swarmed by bees and wasps. They weren\u2019t aggressive but it was still disconcerting to have bees walking on the boat and on us.\u00a0 We think they like salt. Needless to say we ate indoors with screens covering every opening and our friends stayed with us til about 8:30pm, when we could finally venture outside.<\/p>\n<p>The bees were back in the morning. \u00a0 After a quick swim, we motored out early to Hvar, along the south of the island, looking at the vertical agriculture and viniculture. At St Nedjelja, the winemaker understands the thirst sailing generates and has put in a jetty.\u00a0 Sailors can moor up, taste his wares and retire to their boats on the dock.<\/p>\n<p>We sailed passed the beautiful city of Hvar, on our way to the ACI Marina at St Klement.\u00a0 We checked in and then took a water taxi to Hvar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1106\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090568-640x4801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1106\" alt=\"Hvar Town\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090568-640x4801.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090568-640x4801.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090568-640x4801-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090568-640x4801-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hvar Town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>777 <\/b>calls Hvar lively; it seems to me a great understatement. Hvar is lovely, crowded and frenetic as soon as the sun sets.\u00a0 There are dozens of \u00a0tour boats, several ferries, many buses and each bring hordes of men and women ready to have fun. During the day they may go to historical sites, climb to fortresses and see the art in Cathedrals. After dark they swarm rather like our bees over the streets near the town quay and around the beach walk. \u00a0The energy is palpable.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, James and I managed to have a bit of social life in Hvar, luck would have it that Lauren Knight-Smith was going to be in Hvar and we managed to meet up for dinner.\u00a0 Lauren has been travelling in Croatia for two weeks so she had great information on places we haven\u2019t reached yet. It was great to catch up and hear about her plans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1104\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090583-640x502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1104\" alt=\"Lauren and Gaila on the town quay\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090583-640x502.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090583-640x502.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090583-640x502-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090583-640x502-382x300.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren and Gaila on the town quay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We also managed to catch up with Dennis and Bosjana and their daughter Caroline, as Sarayu managed to get a great mooring in Hvar Town Harbour. It is great to reconnect and hear about the ports they had been to and the adventures they had been having.<\/p>\n<p>We opted for a quiet day on St Klements, a walk around the island brings you to \u00a0gorgeous Palmizana bay, a rocky beach and several interesting restaurants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1102\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090590-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1102\" alt=\"Palmizana Bay\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090590-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090590-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090590-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090590-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palmizana Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After our energetic walk, we came back to a marina filling up with the party of The Yacht Week, the marina only a third full at lunch time was absolutely overflowing with the boats in this regatta &#8211; there are 50 of them crewed with 18 to 30 year olds. \u00a0We think it may not be so quiet tonight, but perhaps more lively.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1100\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090610-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1100\" alt=\"a Yacht Week boat - maybe this team is from the US of A.\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090610-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090610-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090610-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090610-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a Yacht Week boat &#8211; maybe this team is from the US of A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1103\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090579-640x480-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1103\" alt=\"Sun setting on Hvar Town\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090579-640x480-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090579-640x480-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090579-640x480-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090579-640x480-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun setting on Hvar Town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We left Korcula early on Friday, thinking we would head over to Vela Luka for a nice anchorage. 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