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ought to have a jetty, does not in fact possess one.
South of Sv. Bla Point, the coast is steep, and
suitable only for halts during the day. The first
bay you can stay the whole night in is Gavza Bay.
Of course, by now we are quite close to Cres town,
the biggest in the island. With all the advantages
and drawbacks of civilisation. If the safety of
crew and craft is on top of our minds, we will
spend the night in the well-protected Cres Bay.
And anyway, why not treat ourselves to Cres's
renowned prawns, and lamb?
While we are sailing into Cres Harbour, the way
will take us through a long, almost four hundred
metre wide, channel. The entry into the channel
is marked by a green and white lighthouse. On
Kova ina Point there is a white light, and on
Kri ice Point a green lighthouse. The channel is
deeper in the section starting at Kri ice. After you
have got into the channel, the lighthouse on
Melin Point will show itself. In the immediate
neighbourhood of this light there are shoals and
a submerged reef, so it is worthwhile giving it a
wide berth. Having rounded the point, eastwards
one sees the municipal jetty, and the shipyard
right alongside it.
In the southern part of Cres Bay lies the Cres ACI
Marina. This has 450 moorings, each one of
themwith water and electricity laid on. As well as
the usual services provided by marinas
(reception, money changer, restaurant,
sanitation facilities, grocer's, ship's chandler,
service workshop, a 10 ton crane, a thirty ton
travelling crane, facilities to take off masts, yacht
chartering), the services in this marina are
complemented by fully-appointed flatlets. The
petrol station is in the northern part of the
marina, and, which is not very usual, there is a
dentist's too. Communication with the marina
can bemade via VHF channel 17.
In town there is the Cres branch of Rijeka
Harbour Master's Office. The Harbour Master
can be contacted on channel 10.
After a rest in Cres and a look round the many
features of cultural interest, we might feel like
making a boat trip to Valun.
Valun is three miles to the south of the entrance
into Cres harbour. It stretches out along the
coast, surrounded by thickly wooded hills. A
narrow coastal road leads to a pebble beach
behind which there is a camp. The inhabitants
of Valun are well-known fishermen, and offer
their catch to yachtsmen in the handful of
restaurants and bars that can truly be said to have
their terraces and the tables on them in the sea.
In St Mary's Church they keep the Valun Tablet,
an important item in the cultural history of the
Croats.
The inscription on it is carved in
Glagolitic letters. A copy of the writing, by way of
è
Cres