This morning we left early for a place called Trstenik where I had not been before. It was a lovely day so everyone was up on deck with the music playing and we even had a swim stop. I actually fell asleep in the sun. We arrived in Trstenik at about 4pm and Graeme came on board and gave the destination speech for me, because of course I had never been here before. He had a large map, which his assistant Kristina had to hold up for him while he pointed out...

My first official day as a Sail Croatia tour leader and it started with a manic check in, in a raining Split for six boats. It may as well have been for Top Deck, Contiki, Travel Talk and Bus About too as their reps were nowhere to be found and Janice and I kept having to tell these people where to go. It was basically a morning of standing in the rain, giving directions, clambering over boats….and me dropping my clipboard overboard! I was the first to get...

Getting off the boat today and helping out with the Mostar tour, well that wasn't the plan, but that's what ended up happening. As it turns out there was a giant c*** up with the Mostar tour (not Sail Croatia's fault) and I ended up sitting in a coffee shop with eleven disgruntled passengers for most of the morning. The Bosnian guys had gotten stuck at the border and ended up running over two hours late, by which point none of the passengers wanted to do the ...

Quite a big sail today, with cold weather and rough seas as we head off to Markarska and the home of the world's largest shell collection. No you read right, that's apparently the biggest draw card here. We arrive just after lunch and Janice gives me a quick whip around this small town, which looks super imposed onto the mountain range behind it. We go back to the boat and she tells me to go have a look around on my own. The draw of the shell collection is ...

Today we only had to navigate around the other side of Hvar island to the pretty little town of Stari Grad. Once we got there the sun came out and I went off exploring the narrow allys, which had washing hanging between the houses and looking at the small boats in the marina. I ended up in a coffee shop, just sitting in the sun and appreciating life. At about 3pm it is time to go wine tasting and we are picked up in a small van and driven about six kilometr...