Sunny morning and light wind as usual. After breakfast we sail preparing for a laborious beat up Pelješki Kanal. To our surprise, probably due to some weird effect of the mainland cliffs, as on the canal there is a moderate and very steady SE wind. We did the whole of the canal goose-winged and at a very respectable pace. But as we reach Kneža Vela and the water widens the wind vanishes and we get confused seas. We were three boats struggling and one by one we all gave up and motored. Of course the diesel brigade kept their engines on and disappeared in the distance, while we got back to sailing as soon as we got enough wind to push us through the waves. Only here the wind was from the W. Beating, then.
The progress was so slow that by mid afternoon we still had Korčula to our South. Untypically, there was no sign of the Maestral picking up. Realizing we were not going to get anywhere before dark, we head for Lovište, a bay on the tip of Pelješac. We passed the anchored yachts and moored with the bow to a small pier, among the local boats. We half expected to be told to move off but no-one bothered us. We enjoyed the rest of the afternoon as the small beach and adopted the lovely Konoba Mirce for drinks, dinner, and breakfast next morning.
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| Mekicevica nd the First-Mate enjoying the late afternoon sun at Lovište. |
