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Filling up in Novigrad. Diesel in Croatia costs about 7.7 kuna (the local currency) per litre or the equivalent of just over €1 per litre
Later that day we anchored in a protected anchorage near Veruda (apparently heaving during the summer) and stayed the night in Pula which has got to be the only marina with its own Roman colliseum attached
The following day we visited Rovinj or Rovigo as it is known in Italian. Confusingly, place names and road signs are often given in Croatian and/or Italian in this area so finding your way about, especially by car, can be fraught, particularly if SWMBO is map reading. Anyway Rovinj is a delightful place and we wish we’d had more time there
Next day it was time to fly home so it was back into Italy for us. The new boat performed excellently, easily hitting 31kts even with a dirty bottom and cruising comfortably at 25-26kts, and if the electronic read outs are to be believed, using about 10% more fuel than Infinito which I was quite happy with. Interestingly, I recorded fuel consumption data over a range of speeds and the fuel consumption, in terms of nautical miles per gallon, doesn’t increase all that much with speed so it seems that slowing down doesn’t save all that much fuel. At least that’s what I’m telling the SWMBO!
We left the boat in Novigrad again which is a small but pleasant town with a fairly swanky marina
As a bit of a postscript, the next few weeks proved to be very frustrating. I asked Menn Yachts to quote me for a long list of maintenance jobs that needed doing on Sumianda for the new season, including fitment of the holding tank which was supposed to be at cost. It took them several weeks to get back to me and when they finally did, the prices were so high that I felt I couldn’t accept them. The ‘at cost’ price of the holding tank system turned out to be €6500. Croatian VAT at 23% on top didn’t help either. After further delay and thanks to the advice of Metabarca of this forum, I ended up moving Sumianda back into Italy to a place called Monfalcone near Trieste to Marina Hannibal where I was advised I would get good service at a fair price. This actually was quite convenient for me as I travel regularly to this area on business. Due to a mix up with my brother who was supposed to be crewing with me, I ended moving the boat on my own. In my ignorance, apparently I should have cleared customs at the harbourmaster’s office on leaving Novigrad (Croatia is outside the EU) and cleared customs on arrival in Italy (inside the EU) but I didn’t know any better and, in any case, no gunboats bothered me as I creamed across the Gulf of Trieste. I always think that flying the red duster confers special diplomatic status!
The people at Hannibal proved to be helpful and diligent although not exactly cheap either but they managed to finish all of the tasks in time for the boat to be ready to move south again, this time to Split, back in Croatia, where I intended to keep the boat for the summer.
Overall, I’m very pleased with my Ferretti 53, despite the difficulties with Menn Yachts. It has proved to offer the extra space we wanted and I’m also well chuffed with the performance and seakeeping which is everything I’d hoped for. We’ve just completed our summer cruise in the Split area but that’s going to be the subject of another post when I get round to it.
Later that day we anchored in a protected anchorage near Veruda (apparently heaving during the summer) and stayed the night in Pula which has got to be the only marina with its own Roman colliseum attached
The following day we visited Rovinj or Rovigo as it is known in Italian. Confusingly, place names and road signs are often given in Croatian and/or Italian in this area so finding your way about, especially by car, can be fraught, particularly if SWMBO is map reading. Anyway Rovinj is a delightful place and we wish we’d had more time there
Next day it was time to fly home so it was back into Italy for us. The new boat performed excellently, easily hitting 31kts even with a dirty bottom and cruising comfortably at 25-26kts, and if the electronic read outs are to be believed, using about 10% more fuel than Infinito which I was quite happy with. Interestingly, I recorded fuel consumption data over a range of speeds and the fuel consumption, in terms of nautical miles per gallon, doesn’t increase all that much with speed so it seems that slowing down doesn’t save all that much fuel. At least that’s what I’m telling the SWMBO!
We left the boat in Novigrad again which is a small but pleasant town with a fairly swanky marina
As a bit of a postscript, the next few weeks proved to be very frustrating. I asked Menn Yachts to quote me for a long list of maintenance jobs that needed doing on Sumianda for the new season, including fitment of the holding tank which was supposed to be at cost. It took them several weeks to get back to me and when they finally did, the prices were so high that I felt I couldn’t accept them. The ‘at cost’ price of the holding tank system turned out to be €6500. Croatian VAT at 23% on top didn’t help either. After further delay and thanks to the advice of Metabarca of this forum, I ended up moving Sumianda back into Italy to a place called Monfalcone near Trieste to Marina Hannibal where I was advised I would get good service at a fair price. This actually was quite convenient for me as I travel regularly to this area on business. Due to a mix up with my brother who was supposed to be crewing with me, I ended moving the boat on my own. In my ignorance, apparently I should have cleared customs at the harbourmaster’s office on leaving Novigrad (Croatia is outside the EU) and cleared customs on arrival in Italy (inside the EU) but I didn’t know any better and, in any case, no gunboats bothered me as I creamed across the Gulf of Trieste. I always think that flying the red duster confers special diplomatic status!
The people at Hannibal proved to be helpful and diligent although not exactly cheap either but they managed to finish all of the tasks in time for the boat to be ready to move south again, this time to Split, back in Croatia, where I intended to keep the boat for the summer.
Overall, I’m very pleased with my Ferretti 53, despite the difficulties with Menn Yachts. It has proved to offer the extra space we wanted and I’m also well chuffed with the performance and seakeeping which is everything I’d hoped for. We’ve just completed our summer cruise in the Split area but that’s going to be the subject of another post when I get round to it.
