Dubrovnik - revisited

 

Churches on the river

We decided to anchor up the river from the Dubrovnik Port near a marina for a bit so that we could revisit Dubrovnik. There is about a 1/2 knot current in the river which is perfect as it keeps some tension on our anchor.  Our plan is to check out of the country at Dubrovnik and we will need fuel before we leave.  So this anchorage was pretty perfect.  Close to the fuel dock at the marina and just down the river from the port.

Talaria at anchor in the river

What we were not aware of was the charter trade from this marina.  The weekends get super busy with charter boats returning and then leaving again with a new group.  We didn't dare leave Talaria as we had to keep a constant watch in order to keep the charter captains from running over our anchor buoy.  For some reason they just didn't seem to mind running over things in the water.  For those of us who own our boats the last thing we want is to run over a fishing buoy or anchor buoy and foul our prop with their line.  That makes for a very bad day!  Despite the weekend activity the rest of the week was fairly quiet.  The marina was kind enough to let us park our dinghy there so we could take the bus to Dubrovnik.  We wanted to visit the Red History Museum but did not have time on the first visit.  So... on a quiet weekday we took the bus and went to visit the museum.  As implied it is a museum about Communism and the former Yugoslavia, before the separation as the local folks say.  

The City Walls of Old Dubrovnik from the sea

Our plan was to depart for Montenegro on July 4th and that is what we did.  It was quick and easy checking out of Croatia and we were on our way to a new country.  Kotor Bay, Montenegro is not that far from Dubrovnik so we expected to be in by early afternoon.  Our plan was to spend at least one night in the pricey marina at Porto Montenegro as included in the price is assistance with check in.  That assistance ended up being very handy.  More news from Montenegro coming up...