Jade Hahn

Bumpy night near Orikum Marina. Motor sailed for power and anchored back at Vlores main.

Came over from Vlores to escape the bad weather and swell on the 9th. Had a long evening the following day (10th) due to strong winds and anchoring close to shore. Stayed tucked close to land due to strong winds and prediction of thunderstorms at 5 to 7am. Had an extreme rain and thunderstorm for about 30 mins!! @ 6am or so. Had a rest for an hour or two afterwards and then headed back to Vlore for internet and groceries before next Thunderstorm prediction at 3 to 5 pm. Conditions calm and went shopping and returned to prep for afternoon storm. Anchored well, far out in bay and rode out the rain and lightning with no problems. Good early sleep!

Motor sailed down to Orikum Marina to fill up on water and back. Worked on both blowers. one repaired.

Took a motor sail past all the western fish farms, (Auto pilot not functioning, hand steering) turned at the navy base in the SW corner and then motor sailed back up to Vlores main. Strong NW wind and swell.

Started very swelly and went NW to charge up battery and check starboard engine. Engine now running OK! Turned back south to Vlores and anchored at main anchorage.

Perfect conditions. No wind or swell. Worked on diesel feed to starboard motor. Apparently working now. Slow motor up to Zvernec Lighthouse and back to Eco camping area to anchor for the evening.

Anchored here as the best spot for the Thunderstorm approaching from SW. Turned into an extremely tough few hours. Winds of nearly 40 kts and wind switching to NW onshore. Ran engines to keep into wind and swell. Amazingly anchor held (probably due to tangling up on a Crab pot line) and then Starboard engine died to add extra spice. Ended all well, motored slowly up on port engine to Vlores to work on engine to find the problem.

Good early start and visited Orikum Marina for water due to watermaker packing up and then up to Vlore and back to Bojo Beach for protection from the strong SW wind.

Great smooth windless start for a few hours and then a beam reach wind and eventually slightly into for the balance. Did about 6-7 kts on the genoa for most of the way.

Fair wind and swell down to Divjake anchorage. Watermaker finally stopped working! Anchorage is exposed to NW. Finally calmed down after about 9pm. Put out a kedge anchor to the east to help for the swell.