Croatia Malta Croatia, two weeks off-shore sailing
Mediterrana offer cruise from Jezera in Murter island in Croatia to Malta in centra of Mediterranean sea. After arrival to Malta you will have day or two to visit capital city La Valetta, do sight-seeing Malta island and prepare sailing yacht Elan 45 for sailing from Malta to Jezera.
Cruise from Jezera in Murter island to Malta was prepared for those who would like to experience a real off-shore sailing.
Malta is located in the very centre of the Mediterranean Sea, some 60
miles from Sicily. It is an exotic and rocky island surrounded by open
sea. It boasts its rich history and in past days it witnessed countless
sieges and wars.
Malta has about 340.000 inhabitants who make a
good living on tourism and agriculture. Their language is very
interesting, no one can understand it but them.
The capital city of Malta is La
Valetta, situated in a wide bay which also accommodates several docks
with oil drills under repair and a large merchant harbour.
There are also several marinas packed with sailing boats whose owners,
mostly coming from the Northern Europe, enjoy mild weather and sailing
in winter time.
The distance from Jezera to Malta is somewhat less than
600 miles. We have to do the border-crossing formalities in Lastovo island and after that we are off.
Off shote cruise to Malta is sailed aboard Elan 45
and the crew is divided in two "guardias" meaning that you are on duty
for four hours and than you have four hours of rest.
The sailing
activities are numerous: trim sails, reef sails, expand sails. The
course is south-east until you pass the Otranto Channel. After that you continue to the east. When you pass Sicily in bright weather you can see
Etna, dormant at present, but you never know.
On fourth or fifth day you will set our eyes on Malta. The uninterrupted
several-days sailing is very exhausting, therefore we will spend a day
or two in La Valetta.
We will get some rest and sleep, dry out the boat, do some sight-seeing
of the island and get prepared for the journey back to Jezera.
You will
still have some 600 miles of open sea, wind and sails ahead of us. You will come back to Jezera tired but proud, spend one night in dry beds and you will not boast too much.
If you can not spare two weeks for this course, you can choose one week
cruise to return from Malta by plane, or you can come to Malta by plane
and join us on the way from Malta back to Jezera.
Malta, two weeks course 
