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A bit further north, Trani is well worth a visit.

Since you are going from one Schengen country to another, and you have valid residency/passport, there is no need to check out of Italy, nor, presumably, to check into Greece. If the Italian-flagged boat is a 'natante', that is, with no registration, when you change flag, just... change the...

It's good news for me! I knew of one or two 'back routes' that avoided the looong queues to get into Croatia from Slovenia, little tracks through the woods... but now Istria will all be open once more... the way it was under Yugoslavia and Austria-Hungary!

That's nothing: in the suburbs of Buenos Aires you can come across cars that haven't moved since at least the 1950s... It would appear that no-one's responsible for removing them.

Italy had no interest in seeing my British passport when applying for an Italian one. However, during the application for Italian nationality, they did require a copy of it (but did not want to see the physical original). To get the new passport, I popped into my local plod (this during...

Oh God, here we are again; an anchor thread...

Could be by as early as June 2022. Rather than French appui, I believe that a green light from Slovenia and Italy (both of which have/had disputes with Croatia) helped.

Going back to Baggie's original post, there's no news I'm aware of about what will happen regarding sailing into or out of Croatia from a Schengen country. But will let you know when my club sends details.

Apologies: quite right!

Yes, I think the OP has it the wrong way round: the Scot Carrier is the one on the right, and appears to have altered course from 220° to 24°. She was travelling at twice the speed of the Karin Hoej, but from the free AIS (as the OP notes), it's hard to know what the change of course represents...

I'm with Povremeni on this: just because it's summer and holiday time is no excuse for selfish behaviour that pays no regard to your neighbours.

Mooring at the quay is unlikely as the ferry stops there and I think there's not a lot of depth on the side (but I may be wrong). However, there are loads of moorings along the channel and are safe even in a bora. My preferred mooring is in front of the old Venetian fort on Sv. Petar. At the...

Have a look at the marinas at the top end of the Adriatic, and specifically at Monfalcone: Hannibal, Nautec, Ocean, Cadei... Several satisfied forumites can't be wrong! And you're half a day from Croatia and pleasant locations like Rovinj and Porec, one day to Losinj and Unite and all points...

Don't see why that should be an issue: I had until recently only a British passport and my boat is Italian-flagged (now noted your more recent post, but even so, it should not be an issue: my sailing qualification - such as it is - is Croatian). I was going to suggest a possible way forward but...

And in Friuli Venezia Giulia in NE Italy if walking in the hills. And around home, while we are blessed with lots of wildlife that includes these little buggers, so the tick removers see regular use. But at least the tick borne encephalitis hasn't come this far... yet, 'only' Lyme.