These rocky islands of scrub and tree cover are popular with naturists (nudists), and wasps! Actually Europe is not shy about exposing themselves whether it's on the beach or at anchorages where crews of adjacent boats swim and lounge in the buff with no one, including us, paying much attention to it.
To deter the onslaught of wasps, we hung our Waspinator (faux wasp nest) that we brought from home. It seemed to do the trick and we had only 1 or 2 that were brave enough to pass it and enter the boat to their demise as I could not relax until Jordan killed or evacuated them.
We wandered ashore through the rocky and jagged path and discovered a couple of restaurants but did not stay to try their fare.
After 2 nights, we moved east to Otok Jerolim, another of the Pakleni Islands, and anchored in the SE bay of Uvala Kardovan. Here we were a short dinghy distance from the City of Hvar with its fortified walls and citadel on the large island of Otok Hvar and we scooted over for supplies.
Hvar City and its citadel above
After about a 3-hour morning of motoring, we chose the very popular and very narrow Uvala Sesula as our next destination at the island of Otok Solta. We arrived early so easily found a spot where we anchored closer to the entrance and tied 2 lines ashore to keep our nose into the wind, all under the ever present incessant songs of cicadas which by now, for us, has become just "white noise".
Bumpers necessary
Here in the Med, with so many inexperienced vacationing charter boats, the entertainment while sitting at anchor is watching the anchoring antics of other boats. Lounging in our cockpit, we watched as the excitement started this day as novice captains and crew tried to anchor in a bottom already criss-crossed with other anchors and chains and then stern tie to shore in the now gusty wind.
Jordan came to the rescue of at least 3 or 4 boats in trouble when no one else seemed willing. They would rather gawk and stare instead.
The first incident was where they didn't put out enough chain and dragged down crossways onto 2 other boats (they apparently didn't have a bow thruster, an exception here). It was all hands on deck scrambling about with bumpers to fend off the interloper.
Then the next, who readily admitted that they didn't know what they were doing, couldn't figure out how to get another boat's chain off their raised anchor. So Jordan, in the dinghy, hastily educated them by attaching a trip line to their anchor then instructed them how to lower then retrieve their freed anchor.
Helping hand
The next got too far down into the inlet and was almost on the rocks. They had no bow thruster so Jordan used our dinghy to push their nose around so they could motor out. After he retrieved their line that they left ashore, they offered cash but Jordan refused and said that's just what sailors do.
No sooner had Jordan got back to relax in the cockpit when the next boat was in trouble needing help, so off he went in the dinghy. Again, it was a hooked anchor chain. After getting it freed, they willingly accepted help with lines ashore. They insisted on giving him a nice bottle of wine for his help and this time Jordan graciously accepted.
As the sun dropped, we decided to go ashore for appetizers at 1 of the 2 restaurants. By now, there were about 60 boats packed like sardines in the harbour so the first restaurant was all reserved but we got in the other. When we saw the sumptuous menu and specials, we decided to splurge and had a fabulous seafood sampler platter for 2 supplemented by the gifted wine we brought with us.
No valet parking
This time, our anchorages included:
N43°09.609' E016°22.472' Jul 23 Pakleni Otoci (Uvala Tarsce)
N43°09.466' E016°26.080' Jul 25 Otok Jerolim (Uvala Kardovan)
N43°23.569' E016°12.703' Jul 26 Otok Solta (Uvala Sesula)
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