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interesting. If the bora has dissuaded you from
travelling further at the right time, perhaps you
might attend one of the concerts put on in the
monastery. It is not necessary to draw particular
attention to the fact that many of the extant
documents are written in Glagolitic. This is what
Glagolitic is like:
"Don't be stubborn."
Of course, there will always be the stubborn who
want to cross the channel that divides Krk and Rab
even when the roughest bora is blowing. Very
likely sailors with motor boats will be more
careful, because the beam waves that come from
the Senjska Vrata itself will set themwallowing for
good, and force them to go back in time.
Sailing boats are more stable, and insufficiently
experienced sailors are like to set off on
adventures. If that is the way it is, and they decide
to go on with a voyage that has been very pleasant
so far, the advice has to be: raise the mainsail,
because in the waves that take hold of the vessel we
cannot put our trust in the strength of an engine.
And anyway, because of the angle of the boat, an
engine will often stop working. There are many
reasons for this, but in such conditions you won't
be able to discover them. And so, however strong
the bora is, the mainsail has to be up, reefed to the
extent that the power of the wind demands.
Unluckily, on the basis of experience we can say
that in such conditions sailors most often raise the
jib. Here, when the wind comes from the beam, the
jib will just take a yacht off its course.
If need be, with themain sail we can even get back,
while the jib will pull us more and more towards
Cres. And on Cres, if there is a strong bora, you
won't find shelter.
After passing the Senjska Vrata, although our first
objective is to take cover in the safety of Rab, it is
not so easy to choose which of its bays to sail into.
There is a choice of Kampor, Supetar or Lopar
(this last one is a rather ordinary cove). Sandy
beach lovers can't go wrong. If God created the
Kornati of the stones that were left in his hand,
here plenty of sand must have slipped through his
fingers. Hundreds of sandy beaches, just
hundreds. The one in Lopar is called Rajska
Paradise Beach.
The Supetar Bay [Supetarska draga] ACI Marina
is without doubt the safest refuge for sailors. If we
have not set out on the cruise early enough, or if
we have lingered somewhere, and been overtaken
by night at sea…
Two orientation points can be used to navigate by.
There is Sorinj Point, on which there is a white
lighthouse (B Bl 3s 10m 6M) and Kalifront Point,
on which there is a lighthouse B Bl(3) 10s 11m
8M. If you use GPS, the precise position of the
lighthouse on Sorinj Point is N 44 50.7 E 14 41.0.
Between Kampor Bay and Supetar Bay lies the islet
of Maman, close to which are shoals. The ACI
Marina lies at the head of Supetar Bay. The jetty of
themarina is about 200metres long, and there is a
red light at the head of it (C Bl 5s 4M).
Themarina has some 270moorings and 50 places
on land. The moorings all have water and
electricity hookups, and the facility has the usual
ACI marina services. Reception, money changer,
Supetarska Draga