19 May 2023 - Porto Montenegro

We said goodbye to Maja, the exceptionally helpful lady, who runs Marina Kordic in Prcanj. We also said farewell to the New Zealand couple who had been berthed next door to us. They left their boat in this marina for the winter and were getting it ready to sail to Greece. This bay of Montenegro suffers from very high winds during the winter and the wind had ripped one of their solar panels from its fixing. Otherwise the boat had survived.

It has been so wet for the last two weeks or more that Equinox is quite damp inside. This morning there was the heaviest condensation I’ve seen inside the boat for several years. Thank goodness we have a heating system so we can make an attempt at drying out. 

We slipped out of the marina after the "block of flats" (cruise ship) had gone past and enjoyed seeing the bay in glorious sunshine. The colours of everything were so much more vivid.




The town of Prcanj through small, appears to have at least 4 churches 

Perast from the water


We are rubbing shoulders with the superyachts


We’ve returned to Porto Montenegro for one night. The dry weather has brought out a lot more people, especially for the evening promenading. It’s a national holiday long weekend. There’s lots of bunting up and a stage for live music being readied.

Lunch out on the promenade, right next to the water, was a real treat. The waiter brought the tray of todays catch, for us to choose which fish we wanted. There was one of just the right size; red mullet, I think, the translation wasn’t obvious to us. It was superb, cooked in the oven with various vegetables. We were then offer desert, on the house. The chef was trying a new recipe for pannacotta and wanted to know what we thought. Our feedback was that, the flavour was good, but it was a little stiff, so needed less gelatine. It’s a little difficult to know that you won’t cause offence, but the waiter came back and said that chef agreed with us; he had to make a call on the water content of the raspberries that went into it. We had helped, I hope. 



Miles today            7

Miles in 2023     457

Tricia (& Steve)

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