Flat out

The harbour was beautiful in the 6am sunshine at Brbinj and Anne and I enjoyed a long swim in the clear blue water along the Rocky shore under pine tree.
We had a breakfast conflab about Justin's painfully inflamed leg, which didn't seem to be improving with antibiotics, and agreed that it needed more medical attention. The choices were a three hour zigzag through islands to Zadar and ten a long taxi ride to facilities in Split, or a fast trip down to Primosten so that it was only an hour by car to the clinic. The latter was chosen so TinTin creamed along at 7.5-7.9 knots at 2000rpm in an almost uninterrupted line through the long lines of offshore islands. No wind so everything mirror calm. En route we had lovely cool breeze and warm sun, enjoyed a great salad lunch prepared by Siobhan, who then spotted the pod of big bottlenose dolphins that live here. We saw some again a few hours later.

The islands must have supported a large population at some time because they are covered with intricate networks of stone walls which are presumably there remains of houses and fields.