Author Archives: 1st Mate Lyndi

With WABO secure for winter it is now time to chisel off the salt and sun cream and detangle our hair, and head back to reality. We have lived the dream for this year, and truly had an amazing experience. I hope you all enjoyed reading “Living the dream” as much as we enjoyed experiencing … Continue reading »

Of course it hasn’t been all smooth sailing,there have been a few situations when I’ve thought  I MUST BE MAD, I am usually at the helm and Frank is dealing with the situation at the bow, and it is never never with 15 knot of less wind! A fellow sailor made this comment “ Its … Continue reading »

We have spent a few days in our favourite places , just giving Franz and Monika a taste of Croatia as they have never ventured here before. The last two days we decided to spend at the west end of Solta (pronounced sholta). It was a perfect day to sail force 3 S.W. from SV … Continue reading »

Anchoring is our preferred option and has been extremely easy in most locations – As it gets much busier in July space is a premium, so we now have quite a few yachts stern tied as well as anchoring in the middle of the bays,so you can imagine everyone gets a little nervous. We now … Continue reading »

The Bora has now been experienced and is something i certainly don’t want to experience any time soon , and especially not at sea. We were very cosy tucked up in WABO  with secure lines to the pier. The NOISE is just harrowing it really is relentless, also adding to it is the wind howling … Continue reading »