Paradise Regained. Hvar to Vis

For this vacation, we planned to stay around Hvar... except for two short trips. One of them was to go to Vis. Even First-Mate who in her childhood spent many summers in Hvar, has never been to Vis.
The forecast was for weak NE wind, giving way to the a northwesterly afternoon maestrale.
Sailing along the south side of the Pakleni islands we noticed that yesterday's wind had left an agitated sea, which became more disturbing as the wind got weaker. We almost gave up the idea of sailing to Vis, but decided to check if the waves got smaller as we got into deeper water. And smaller they did and we were rewarded with great sailing, accompanied part of the way by dolphins.
Around 2pm the maestrale started as suddenly as if someone had flicked a switch, and we scrambled to reduce the genoa and continue towards Vis, now at a much higher speed.

Sailing into Vis harbour under mainsail.

View to the west side of Vis bay.

We even got there in time to walk to the beach on the opposite side of the bay for a swim. In the evening we treated ourselves to a huge, grilled San Pietro in the best Dalmatian restaurant.