Vedran

Two years ago we sailed the first edition of this race. Already then we saw it's full potential and this year we were back again to see if it fitted the shoes. Only this time with another boat, a Pogo 8.50 - "Njifa". I transfered the boat from it's

There are times in life when you start to change the criteria for choosing your activities and the people which surround you. To have a toilet in your boat, a galley, or a bed for example. Or to have expirienced (read: geriatric) cooks and crooks like Robi and Gigi aboard

Transfer of the Class40 "Ola" in good company of skiers and sailors, from Dubrovnik to Livorno, May 2019...

As Barry White sang: "My first, my last, my everythiiing." That pretty much sums up my racing calendar for the year 2019., with the race around Susak being the girl from the song. Unfortunately there simply wasn't enough time nor will to do some serious racing this year. During the

I believe all of you reading this article already know who St. Nicholas is and what he represents to all sailors and seamen. Him and me are pretty close, I must say he had my back many times so far and for that I am truly grateful. So is a

For most people it's green, yellow or red. For farmers it's Jonagold, Golden Delishes, Idared or Granny Smith. And for 16 years in a row sailors know it as a waypoint input in their GPS plotters, a small island which has to be rounded before the return to Vodice. Vodice

It's been a while since our last story. Few are the reasons, and all of them pretty, pretty, pretty good. The Mini Transat craze has blown off a bit and it feels like the past two and a half years of preparation were all about learning. Our (miss)adventures in

..bend? .. mess with me? .. break? It is the 1st of November - Halloween in Las Palmas. Hot as usual, but getting even hotter seeing we are getting ready to leave the marina and start the long awaited second leg of the Mini Transat 2017.! For each skipper it's a huge

It's been a while since I've entered the "relax" mode, 10 days to be exact. The first five of which I was sleeping, eating and drinking and the latter five I was cruising Gran Canaria and Lanzarote in the sweet company of my beloved Tubo. I feel like I've earned

It's 4 am, Saturday.. Light drizzle in La Rochelle, 36 hours to the start of the Mini Transat 2017 La Boulangere. I just came back from picking up Šime (Stipaničev) at the "40 years of Mini" party. One thing is obvious - I'm in poliphasic mode, getting ready for the

Well, well.. You know the feeling when time goes by so fast and you feel you don't have any control? This was the feeling I had this time two years ago.. and again last year.. While nowadays, I have the opposite feeling and time is passing by sooo slowly.. And

With just three months left to the start of the Mini Transat, we got encouraging news - a new sponsor joined our team. It's the Specialty hospital [Medico](http://www.medico.hr/) - In one day, at one place. We are very thankful and are preparing a lot of interesting

Crowdfunding - ˈkraʊdfʌndɪŋ - is a financing method that involves funding a project with relatively modest contributions from a large group of individuals. In our case, the funds are raised to help us (Eloa and me) sail across the Atlantic in the Mini Transat race and return home safely. The

Less than 140 days to the start of the Mini Transat. I'm stuck in a traffic jam on my way to Genova, on an Italian highway, the second time today.. I'll do my 20 minute nap, I think to myself. Timer on, eye lids down and off I go. The

Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, they can be caught by pescafondo and different kind of fishing nets. In the GPI (Gran Premio d'Italia) we found out another way of doing it.. But lets start from the beginning.. It's 2017., the year of the Mini Transat! What does it

Where there is an [aperitif](http://www.adriatic-atlantic.com/season-2016-preparations/), there should be a digestif, too. The main course being the [Trophee MAP](http://www.adriatic-atlantic.com/trophee-marie-agnes-peron-2016-2/) and the [Mini Fastnet](http://www.adriatic-atlantic.com/mini-fastnet-2016-the-return-of-the-jedi/), there was plenty to digest afterwards. Let's start with the most important, the

Doaurenez is a small village in Brittany, France. 20.000 souls, most of them sea oriented. What a beautiful sight to see - every day at least 30 boats out sailing in the Bay of Douarnenez. Fishermen, sailors, seamen.. For almost 20 days we were also a part of this

It's for Marie Agnes Peron, a sailor that went missing in the Bay of Biscay during the Mini Transat 1991., that this [regatta](http://map.winchesclub.org/) is a hommage to. A 220 nm long solo race, starting from Douarnenez, rounding the glorious Pointe du Raz, heading to Ile de

After all the winter works, Eloa was shiny and ready for some serious sea trials. My friend Dado and his Mini Transat project companion "Sisa II" - a Pogo2, CRO 602 - came to visit us for a week of sailing sessions in our archipelago. With some perfect weather conditions,

After a season of fantastic sailing experiences, Eloa begged for some changes and improvements. As Christmas was just around the corner, we decided to reward ourselves with a major facelifting procedure.. All deck equipment had to be taken off, checked, cleaned and repaired. The deck had to be sanded, new

Every month one regatta to be sailed, that was our plan. But in September, our plan failed as I got sick just before Viska Regatta, so no races in September. It's not easy not to sail, everybody knows that.. JABUKA But no racing in September made me try even harder

After the solo qualif experience, I had to return to the everyday life routine. It wasn't easy, as in the solo qualif one passes through an emotional catharsis and realizes that many things in real life are forced upon us by our lifestyle. But, the philosophy of life isn't wat

The hardest part of a Mini Transat project is getting to the starting line in France. One of the big steps in getting there is the solo qualifier, a 1000 nm journey in which the sailor gets to know his boat and himself. Eloa's and mine started on April 19th

At the day of the start, we were excited and confused. But ready to give our best. 3, 2, 1... START! Light winds, sunny day, what more is there to life.. The race course is shortened due to forecasted light winds. At the next passage, the island of Giannutri, we

Eloa is refreshed. She is ready, but are we? That's what we wanted to find out, so Eloa took us sailing around Croatian islands to show us what she was capable of. We were quite impressed..