Vignette

25th May

We departed from the north side of the island from Vis at 09:30, and made our way around the coastline to another little settlement on the west side, Komiza. Here we picked up the Vignette for Dune. Dune now sails under the New Zealand flag and is free to sail in Croatian waters

We departed Komiza at 13:30. Weather forecast gave us promising conditions to sail back to Split. So we chose to take the long way around the island, to do some serious sailing. Anticipation grew as we reached the south west corner. As we motored around the corner with our main sail up, the wind dropped dramatically. So it ended up an engine day. Which in total, took us 10 hrs to get back to Split

We hugged the coastline, and took in all of the island's surrounding beauty. The clear waters were amazingly clear. Crayfish pots where laid like landmines. There was much evidence along the coastline, of the island's war time past

We arrived back at Marina Kastela at 19:30. The last couple of days seemed like it had been in slow motion. I suggested a game of mini golf on deck, on the way back. It was good to get back to the security of the marina, the WC never looked so inviting

Local history:
Vis town is spread around a large bay and has a few relics of interest, including Roman baths, a British cemetery, Fort Wellington and the George III fortress. It is now the island's wine and agriculture center

Komiza is a conventional fishing village and famous for a traditional, sail-powered wooden fishing boat, the Gajeta Falkusa, built on Vis for over 300 years