We were both woken in the night by a tremendous storm. Tricia was woken first, just by the light of the lightning flashes, even though they were some way out to sea. I came to somewhat later when the storm hit, with driving rain and strong winds. The mooring buoys we are on say not to use them if the wind is more than 29 knots. I am sure that it must have been, but there was no way we were going to voluntarily leave the buoy in the middle of the night. The boat bounced around, but after less than an hour the storm had passed and all went back to peace and quiet. Even so, it was a disconcerting episode and I will gladly not have a repeat any time soon.
After we had checked the boat over in the cold light of day, we spent the morning on chores and administration, plus inflating the tender. We made a much better job of this, on this our second attempt. The only thing that we got wrong was inflating the tender on the foredeck, rather than the coach roof as we did last time. Equinox was still moving around a little as the sea died down, and trying to stand on one leg and operate the foot pump, with nothing much to hold on to was a bit difficult. I didn't want to go for an unintended swim.
After lunch, we went ashore for a look round the town of Rovinj. We had a bit of difficulty finding somewhere to land and eventually went into the marina. We spoke to a marinaro who said that we weren't really allowed, but he would turn a blind eye.
Once ashore we wandered through the narrow cobbled streets of the old town. This area was ruled by the Venetians for about 500 years, and was part of Italy up to the late 1940s. There are clear clues to this heritage in the buildings, and even some of the street names are shown in two languages, Croat and Italian. It is a lovely place and it is easy to see why it is such a popular holiday destination.
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Steve (and Tricia)
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