2018 October
Sailing the Adriatic sea (I was a skipper for Slovensko kozmetično združenje)
Duration - 4 days
Destinations: Biograd, Dugi otok, Ugljan, Kornati
Boat: kufner 54.
2018 June
Sailing the Adriatic sea (I was a skipper for the advertising company)
Duration - 5 days
Destinations: Sukošan, Pašman, Ugljan, Dugi otok, Kornati
Boat: Gib sea 45.
2017 March
Sailing from Cape Verde (Mindelo) to Guadeloupe
Duration - 16 days
Boat: 42 feat
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean with a French family husband and wife and their two daughters, aged 6 and 10 years). I
helped them with sailing (the mother was not able to sail during the night, the captain needed someone to help with
the sailing). What did I learn from this? How to predict weather during the night from the clouds, wind and waves, how
to be on a small space for such a long time, how to prepare the boat for such a long trip, how to deal with the
problems in the middle of nowhere (we had water in the boat twice (salt and fresh)).
2016 August
Sailing from Kiel to the UK wit a man from England who bought really nice wooden sailing boat in Sweden
Duration - two weeaks
Destinations - Kiel - Kiel canal - Cuxhaven - Amseland - Lauwersoog - through the canals to Lemmer - Amsterdam -
IJmuiden - River Crouch
Boat: 100 years old wooden sailing boat (12m long)
This trip was really special as it was my first time sailing with a wooden boat. It was full of surprises. The North sea
was wild and sailing the canals a wonderful experience. The North sea was certainly not the nicest place to sail. You
have to deal with currents, a lot of traffic in TSS line and the weather can be really unpredictable. When we tried to
reach Den Helder (we started in Borkum) we fell into really stormy weather. They said it was 7 (Beaufort) and some
were gale. The wind was so strong and the waves so big that we had to turn around and proceed to Amsterdam
through the canals instead (the sailing speed with third reef was 10 knots). Going through the canals was relaxing
and fun. It’s true that you can sail only during the day, but at least you can sail every day :-). Crossing the North sea
between the UK and the Netherlands was calm and with moderate waves. The only thing we needed to watch out for
was the big ships.
2015 August
sailing the Mediterranean sea with a guy from Sweden whom I found on findacrew.net
duration - two weeks
destinations (Marseille, Menorca, Mallorca, Eivissa, Alicante)
Boat: some old Swedish beauty (8m long)
This was the trip where I learned a lot. First we needed to prepare the boat for such a long trip. We needed to fix
electricity because when they'd changed the mast the electricity cable was not connected properly. We sailed for
almost 4 days during day and night. At the beginning we did not have a good wind but after 5 days the wind
increased so much that the rope on which we connected the anchor broke and we needed to dive it next day when
the wind calmed a bit. We needed to repair the water pump because it broke. When we sailed from the islands to the continent we fell into a really heavy storm. The waves were around 5 meters high and the wind was so strong that we
sailed 10 knots on just a really small jib. We teared one of our mainsail and we stitched by hand.
2015 May
sailing the Adriatic sea with my friends
I was the skipper
duration - one week
destinations (Biograd na morju, Rogoznica, Šolta, Brač)
Boat: Elan 333
2014 September
sailing the Adriatic sea with my friends
I was the skipper
duration - one week
destinations (Biograd na morju, Mali Lošinj, Cres, Krk, Pag, Zadar, Kornati, Šibenik,Primošten)
Boat: Bavaria 34.
We rescued a German couple who had a problem with their motor. We pulled them for around one hour to the
nearest marina.
2014 May
sailing the Adriatic sea with my friends
I was the skipper
duration - one week
destinations (Biograd na morju, Pag, Rab, Krk, Crez, Dugi Otok, Kornati, Šibenik, Skradin)
first time that I sailed at night
Boat: Bavaria 34.
My first solo sailing as a skipper. We had a really nice time and all the friends who went along said that this was really
the best sailing experience for them ever. It was the first time for me to sail during the night.
2013
obtaining License of Competence for VHF GMDSS station,
obtaining Boat Leaders license of competence
took part in basic and advanced sailing course at spinaker.si (the Adriatic sea - Piran, Portorož)
duration two weeks
Boats: Elan 210 and Elan 331.
2010 May
sailing the Adriatic sea with my friends
duration - one week
destinations (Pula, Umag, Krk, Pag)
I learned things from other skippers
nice holiday
boat: Elan 333 (nice and fast boat)
2011 October
sailing the Adriatic sea with my friends
duration - one week
destinations (Zadar, Pag, Rab, Krk)
I still learned things from other skippers
nice holiday, we had some strong wind
boat: Bavaria 34.
2012 September
sailing the Adriatic sea with my friends
duration - one week
destinations (Zadar, Ugljan, Dugi Otok, Kornati, Rogoznica)
I still learned things from other skippers and decided that I will try to obtain licenses for VHF and for boat leaders
Boat Bavaria 39.