Three Weeks In Paradise. 12. Korčula

We spent most of the Thursday visiting Korčula, one of the most beautiful Venetian towns in the Adriatic.

Korčula town gate.

Old church. The sea , the sky, and the mountains on the mainland in the background.

Remains of the walls evoke the troubled history of Korčula and the many attacks by the Ottoman armies and ships.

Town gates, from the inner side.

Later we planned to do only a short hop around the E tip of Korčula to spend the night in Pržina bay, ready to depart towards Mljet in the morning. At first we sailed leisurely with main sail only among the many small islands dotted along the E  tip of Korčula. Badija, with the old monastery, looks particularly inviting.

The old monastery on the island of Badija with the rocks of the Pelješac  peninsula towering behind.

Once out of the shelter of the islands we got the SW wind in full force. Passing Rt Ražnijc proved to be a mission. Finally we gave up and headed for the shelter of the Lumbarda marina. Even that was an adventure. I had never thought I would see Mekicevica with reefed main sail, genoa rolled to handkerchief size and with the toerail in the water!
Eventually we made it to Lumbarda marina, still in time to go for a swim.