The adventure begins

Becca

Finally got the LA, UK and Welsh crew aboard Asti 🇺🇸🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Sarah Jacobs

Can’t quite believe we have all made it after months of planning and potential setbacks. Everyone very excited to set sail. Day 1 was familiarising ourselves with the boat, finding our sea legs and captain Chris laying down the rules - kids especially liked ‘no toilet paper in the toilets’💩 I think the guests expected to easily find a mooring buoy for the night but we quickly learned about anchors, mooring lines & knots. 1st rule at sea - trust and obey the captain 😬😂

Chris Jacobs

So, we’re finally ready to set off on the first ever family sailing trip! On board we have: - Captain Chris - First Mate Becca - Chief Stew Sarah - Lead Charter Guests Peter and Jacky - International VIPs Jay, Jenny, Georgie and Ollie. It’s the first time I’ve had 9 people onboard, first time sailing with kids and first time with my mum and grandparents! I hope Becca has remembered her knots 😬 Check in at Navigare Yachting was very simple, however Marina Baotic in Trogir is crazy busy…! Our boat was furthest from the taxi drop off 🥵. We were finally ready to depart around 3pm. Due to the large crew we had upgraded to a bigger RIB, so my grandad drove that out of the marina separately. When we were ready to rejoin we had a wakeboard overboard incident. Great entertainment and an opportunity for the crew to practise their newly learnt skill of pointing at the overboard casualty! The rest of the journey was uneventful. Not much wind so we motored round to the south of Solta. Unfortunately our chosen spot with mooring buoys (Lonely Paradise) was full - I didn’t realise a restaurant reservation was required 🤦‍♂️. We had a bit of a struggle getting an anchor with lines to shore in the adjacent bay. It was 18m deep, but narrow. We put out 35m chain (only 2x depth!!) and this put us a paddleboard’s length from the rocks 😬. The land crew weren’t prepped and couldn’t do bowlines at that point - bad planning on my behalf. Eventually we got tied up and it was a beautiful spot, but the sun had long set and everyone was a bit frazzled. None of us slept well worrying about how close we were to the rocks…

Chris Jacob

So, we’re finally ready to set off on the first ever family sailing trip! On board we have: - Captain Chris - First Mate Becca - Chief Stew Sarah - Lead Charter Guests Peter and Jacky - International VIPs Jay, Jenny, Georgie and Ollie. It’s the first time I’ve had 9 people onboard, first time sailing with kids and first time with my mum and grandparents! I hope Becca has remembered her knots 😬 Check in at Navigare Yachting was very simple, however Marina Baotic in Trogir is crazy busy…! Our boat was furthest from the taxi drop off 🥵. We were finally ready to depart around 3pm. Due to the large crew we had upgraded to a bigger RIB, so my grandad drove that out of the marina separately. When we were ready to rejoin we had a wakeboard overboard incident. Great entertainment and an opportunity for the crew to practise their newly learnt skill of pointing at the overboard casualty! The rest of the journey was uneventful. Not much wind so we motored round to the south of Solta. Unfortunately our chosen spot with mooring buoys (Lonely Paradise) was full - I didn’t realise a restaurant reservation was required 🤦‍♂️. We had a bit of a struggle getting an anchor with lines to shore in the adjacent bay. It was 18m deep, but narrow. We put out 35m chain (only 2x depth!!) and this put us a paddleboard’s length from the rocks 😬. The land crew weren’t prepped and couldn’t do bowlines at that point - bad planning on my behalf. Eventually we got tied up and it was a beautiful spot, but the sun had long set and everyone was a bit frazzled. None of us slept well worrying about how close we were to the rocks…