Day ten - Polace to Korcula

Tuesday morning - and all is fine. We got away at 7am and initially had a good wind at 60 degrees off our course so we sailed a bit. But it's figured out the destination now and so it veered to dead ahead and dropped to 5 knots. I have never known this happen before - it's uncanny. Literally the only sailing we have done in 10 days has been close hauled. Still time though! The autopilot is working again - I have no idea what brought it back to life - but it's return is welcome as we have another 3 hour run on the same course. The sea is calm and the sun is shining so it's all good. 

The route into Korcula looks tricky - lots of small islands and shallow channels. We will stay there for the day as there is plenty to see there and a bit of time off the boat will do us all good I think.

Later: We successfully navigated into Korcula marina, arriving about 10.30. This place vies with Hvar for the 'Cowes' of the Croatian Island ports so it was as well to be early. Since lunch there have been yachts circling like vultures outside the entrance - but it was full hours ago. This is a truly ancient town - going back to Roman times. It enjoys a great position on a small peninsula with the sea on three sides. It was all a bit crowded earlier as there was Costa cruise ship in - but it steamed out a few minutes ago. We have had a lazy day swimming and sunbathing. 

Narrow streets in the old town

The electrician came to look at the autopilot and pronounced it OK after the most cursory of inspections. He then produced a clone of the yellow tragedy of a GPS but this time in grey. He ran off before I could test it and when I did it didn't even power up. I tried swapping the power cable with the other one and it staggered into life. Even though it's rubbish it is probably better to have it than not. We will try to get away early again tomorrow as Hvar will also be busy and more indifferent weather is forecast for Thursday.

Korcula

These looked great but not much you could eat!