Malua
An Adams cruising yacht
After putting Malua in the water at the end of the northern
winter, I left Marmaris
and sailed directly to Greece on my way north to
Athens.
During this voyage I stopped at a number of islands.
Read more about the cruise north:
Denny arrived in Athens and joined Malua at the port of
Lavrion.
We then sailed past Cape
Sounion westwards to the Corinth Canal
and into the Gulf of Corinth and
further west through the Gulf of Patras.
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islands
to Corfu for a few days, then checked out of Greece.
We decided to sail to Italy and leave Malua in a marina for a week or so to do some land travel. The east coast is not very marina friendly but we found a great marina at Vieste. From there we traveled by bus and train to the northern part of Italy for a few wonderful day.
Included in this section is our trip via Malua to Venice and Ravenna. In Venice we anchored in the lagoon alongside the island of Burano and took the ferry into Venice - just 20 minutes away.
We then went to Croatia and on to VeniceWe arrived from Vieste in Italy after a very smooth passage,
checked
in then
started to sail north through Croatia on our way to Venice. The
anchorages
were difficult due to bad holding but the beautiful scenery more than
made
up for it. Sadly, the money grabbing nature of the people
towards
yachties
spoils it for many cruisers.
We were pleased to leave Croatia and visit
Montenegro. We
stopped at a
super-yacht marina that that was free of charge while being
developed. We could
stay as long as we liked. What a change. The people
were friendly and
the environment
stunningly beautiful. The free berths were like a magnet for
other yachts so we met up
with many of our
cruising friends. We had a great
time. Sailing south to Corfu from there
we went straight into a terrible
electrical storm.
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