Life in Rab

As the winds generally were SE for the week we cruised northward broad reaching downwind (most enjoyable point of sail for us - and disproving Helen’s theory that we always seem to be bashing to windward! **but see below) most days through the islands until we reached Rab which is a lovely small town with a good harbour - and of course shops, wifi etc etc! So now enjoying a few days ashore sightseeing, catching up with jobs etc and waiting for a storm to pas through. Then we’ll begin our journey south. Over the next 4 weeks we plan to cruise south via Zadar (where Suzie will join us), then Split (Suzie departs and Nick and Lindy join), Dubrovnik (another crew change - N&L depart and Simon and Lynn join). From Dubrovnik we plan to return via Italy to Malta with friends Graham and Anne-Marie aboard. Looking forward very much to sailing with friends and continuing to explore the coast and islands of this beautiful area. Best wishes Iain and Helen * I like to record this in the blog in case I don’t remember in a few years where we’ve been!! ** except now that we’ve gone as far north as we can on this summer’s cruise and now need to start heading south, the wind is going to be ……yes of course a strong southerly!! F6/7 today so waiting for it to subside a little - forecast F4/5 tomorrow.