Time to head back NW. We are still hoping to spend a few days in Hvar.
After the ritual morning swim and breakfast, First-Mate motors out of the small bay while the Skipper struggles with the damned anchor cable. That is something else I need to sort-out soon.
Sails up and we start the beating against a light W wind. It is becoming apparent that we are going to take much longer to return to Hvar than on the way out. The vague plan for today is see how far we can get. By the time we approach Korčula the evening Maestral has kicked up. We continue with shortened sails, as on this side of Korčula the waves don't have enough fetch to bother us much. But that quickly changes as we turn into the Pelješki kanal: there we get the Maestral in full force plus big waves. We decide to call it a day a head again for Lumbarda marina, where we arrive still on time for a late afternoon swim.
