Left Vis earlier and motored 15 miles east to the Pakleni islands. This is a hugely famous picturesque chain of islands east of Hvar. They are absolutely stunning, with crystal clear water that is so clean you can see over 5m down to the bottom.

We have spent the evening in a fantastic anchorage with only a few other boats enjoying the warmth of the evening sun. We even managed to pick up a bit of Wimbledon on the world service via short wave radio. I bbq’d a bit of meat and some veggies for Jax whilst she rustled up some couscous, beans and feta to go on the side.

Once the sun had set we headed down below, set up the computer with TV USB card and watched the Russia V Spain football semi-final. Quite a pleasant evening.

Morning at the anchorage

The day after tomorrow (Saturday) Tony is coming out to sail with us for a week. We’ve been trying to plan where to pick him up as all marinas in and around Split will all be crammed over the weekend with charter boat changeovers and we’ll have no chance of finding a place. The plan so far is to head over to a nearby island tomorrow night to anchor and then motor in on Saturday morning to a spot near the airport, anchor and pick him up in the tender.