Revenna, Italy Many, many years ago, we lived and worked in San Francisco. We were young and loved the excitement and fun of the city. When Aunt Judy came for a visit, we wondered what we could possibly do, with Aunt Judy, in a hip city like San Francisco? Little did we know that Aunt […]
Venice, Italy We’ve been to Venice twice previously. Once before Berkeley East and again, four years ago, with BE. As we often say, we aren’t good about going back to places, but Venice is one exception to the rule. We love that city. And on our third visit, we were able to berth Berkeley East […]
Zadar to Rovinj, Croatia & Venice Until last year, George and Trish owned “Gratitude,” Berkeley East’s slightly older fraternal twin. Gratitude was cast from the same mold as BE, the Hylas 54-foot raised salon, but she was a bit different. That’s the beauty of Hylas Yachts, you get the benefits of the classic, proven, Hylas […]
Croatia Living on a boat means you are constantly exposed to the elements (sun, wind and insects), so you learn to deal with each one in your own way. When we first brought Berkeley East to Croatia, four years ago, we received multiple bee stings, and were introduced to several new varieties of bugs. So […]
Opatija, Croatia We had just come off some rough weather with exciting maneuvers, so motoring north in flat seas was almost a welcome change. The temperature was cooling. There were fewer boats out. In just days it would be September and the crazy August crowds would be gone. We had a couple of weeks between […]
Biograd, Croatia We had been sitting out a Bora in Murter, Croatia when we needed to decide if conditions were good enough to move, and dock, Berkeley East. France has the Mistral, Greece has the Meltimi, and Croatia has the Bora; strong north winds that can make the cruising life uncomfortable. For three days, we […]
Dalmatia, Croatia We were pretty excited when we heard that our niece, Moriah, wanted to visit us on Berkeley East in Croatia. She had sailed with us on BE in the Caribbean, and also aboard a charter boat in Sydney Harbour when she was just three years old. But now she is an adult, in […]
Dugi Otak, Croatia When we decided to return to Croatia this year, we went online to see if anything had changed since we last cruised there four years ago. We found reports from cruisers that Croatia had become very expensive, that they were even being charged to anchor. In 2012, Croatia’s prices were already set […]
Dalmatia, Croatia When moving Berkeley East from one country to another, there is always a period during which we are disconnected; no phone, no internet, no communication. So we try to get ahead on bills, business and blogs whenever we cross a sea. We expected the crossing from Italy to Croatia to take about 10 […]
Gargano Peninsula, Italy It is about 70 miles across the Adriatic Sea from Bari Italy to Lavosto Croatia. Not exactly a straight line, but close enough. So one might wonder how we ended up lost? The answer is simple, as we sailed up the coast of Italy to cross over to Croatia, we were distracted […]
