Most sailing days are good. Others turn into the kind of day you know you’ll still be talking about years later. Today was one of those days! We sailed from Pašman toward Skradin following a route recommended by an Aussie family we met on the water last year docked next to us in Dubrovnik...

A gorgeous day of sailing today as we crossed through Kornati National Park and Telašćica Nature Park toward Pašman. Winds hovered around 14-19 knots, giving us the perfect conditions to sail through the maze of islands. Pic below of Kornati islands scattered across the Adriatic borrowed from the web 🙂 The Kornati Islands are...

Strong winds greeted us as we departed Cres for Mali Lošinj, so we started cautiously with the second reef already in the mainsail. (For the non sailors: “reefing” simply means making the sail area smaller when the wind gets stronger.) Before long, gusts were consistently hitting 35 knots, and we tucked in a third...

Today was one of those perfect sailing days that reminds us exactly why we love this life. Sunshine, steady wind, and KORA moving beautifully through the water – we even hit 7 knots at times as we sailed most of the way to Cres. The coastline views along the way were absolutely stunning, surrounded...

Summer 2026 aboard KORA has officially begun… and if the first 48 hours are any indication, this season is going to be one for the books! What started as a simple splash back into the Adriatic quickly turned into:boat yard chaos, mystery engine issues, backwards gaskets, a stubborn propeller blade, diesel leaks, an unexpected...

All good things must come to an end. For Kora, that ending came as we pulled into Marina Bakar – a final resting place tucked against a backdrop that was equal parts industrial and coastal charm. Bakar itself is not the polished, tourist-heavy stop of Croatia’s better-known ports. Instead, it’s a small town where...

Wow – today was one for the books. Our second-to-last day of the season on the water, and what a glorious one it was! We set sail between the islands of Krk and Cres, tacking upwind through the blue expanse of the Kvarner Gulf. There was that perfect moment when you could turn your...

We returned to Punat for a glorious two days of sunshine – a perfect reprieve before the forecasted rain would close out our final stretch on the water. Our first day back, we settled into our familiar anchorage, and with the sun shining, decided it was the perfect time to wash down Kora’s foredeck...

Our sail to Cres wasn’t about sightseeing, wine tasting, or wandering cobblestone streets. It was purely a “boat job” run – leave Punat, dump the toilets, make water, and tuck in somewhere before the weather shifted again. We pointed Kora’s bow north and ended up ducking into Uvala Ercić, a small cove on the...

We spent a few golden days sailing around Krk Island, soaking up sunshine on Kora’s front deck and tucking into some of the little finger coves the island is famous for. These sheltered bays are perfect for anchoring: 15-20 feet of sand beneath us, a strip of beach at the end, often with a...