27 May 2023 - Polace

We had an excellent sail along the north coast of Mljet. We planned to break up the journey by popping into the bay of Okuklje, which is very pretty indeed. However, we had hoped to anchor for our a lunch stop, but there wasn’t enough room. There’s a Sunsail chart base here. Only two of their boats were in, the rest we had passed on the way there, presumably making their way to Dubrovnik. It might have been nice to take the offer of mooring to one of the restaurant quays, but we were saving ourselves for dinner in the evening in Polace.

Blue sky, islands, sea and mountains. What more could you want?

We have got to know the routes of the ferries. Even in open water when normal rules of right of way should apply, they give no quarter of attention to that at all, so now we give way and keep well clear of them, especially the high speed cat, which travels at 27-28 knots. 


Polo, the owner of restaurant Ankora, was there at his buoy, when we arrived to help us tie up and order our dinner. 


I love getting in the tender to go ashore. Once there we were treated to a superb dinner again, cooked by Polo’s wife and son, while we were sitting overlooking the bay. Having seen the louts on charter boats in Dubrovnik, I’m not at all surprised that Polo is very selective about who he serves in his restaurant.


About ten or twelve private yachts were in the bay, one of them being some sailing friends, who we had last seen in Montenegro. It was great to catch up with them again too. 


Miles today           23

Miles in 2023     556

Tricia (& Steve)

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