ALMA TRAVELS 2017 Destination Croatia. We planned to leave a little later this year for our summer cruise - partly to allow more time to get both the boat and ourselves ready but also to ensure the weather had settled for the summer. Last year our first week had been wet, cold and windy! So on Saturday 27th May, John and Cathy arrived late morning from the UK and after a few hours sightseeing, with Matt also on board, we set off late afternoon for Bari. We had a good overnight crossing of the Malta channel (much of it motoring but some sailing in a light breeze) and the only event of note was a pod of dolphins suddenly “torpedoing” the boat and surprising John! Quite a surprise when sailing quietly along to suddenly have a lot of splashing around the boat!