LASOVO - AUGUSTA ISLAND
"Wonderful, a world apart, you should absolutely go there!"
When we were in the early 90's, my friend Bruno, an avid diver
, had just ended the most bloody war in the Balkans,
took courage in both hands and attacked the boat to the truck camper,
arrived in Split still surrounded by war and took the ferry to the island of Lastovo
, to us it seemed a kind of explorer
remote and mysterious lands because, until then this island, along with some
other (Brioni, Vis, Premuda etc..), was forbidden military zone, inaccessible, even if
Verboten need only think of approaching.
course the following summer I did not think for a moment to put forward
yearned to those places and prohibited until then ..
Lastovo, Augusta Insula of Ancient Rome, The Isle of crayfish, also known as
is, to me brings to mind a gut, both in shape,
round with a large lagoon in the middle, both for the position,
mail as in the middle Adriatic, Split and equidistant from the coasts
Italian. From
Mljet (Polace) by browsing for about twenty miles to the W,
Glavat meeting the lighthouse, about halfway, which indicated that all
a series of reefs and islets, located W of it dangerous for commercial shipping but
ideal day for a swim break, but
also, with stable weather, to a berth at night especially in the vicinity of the islands largest
as Cesvica, and Crucica Saplun. Continuing along the north shore of Lastovo
meet some great little bays
suitable for a prolonged stay as Mihovil Sv, where there is
port for the country's largest island, clinging to the mountain, reaching the
Bay Zaklopatica
Zaklopatica - 42 ° 46'43''N, 16 ° 52'42''E.
This is a wide bay, protected by a long island that forms two channels: a deeper
East, the principal, the second western shallow
no viable peace in a sailboat. In the bay there is a
village with a wharf where the mooring is free and a couple of restaurants with
mooring. I stop the "Augusta Insula" right in the middle of the bay,
with a wooden pier with 3-4 dead bodies and electricity (in case of need
there is water, precious in the islands, for the most part without
aqueduct) where you eat the good grilled sea bream, sea bass scarpene and
. Pending dinner time is worth a stroll along the
road that winds along the coast until you reach the village of Lastovo
, after about 5-6 km, located in a valley in the middle of the island, far away and invisible
from the sea, as usual in these places once frequented by pirates
, it seems, for a moment, to find elsewhere, in a valley of Trentino
or the Apennines. Very nice church with the square in front
that acts as a water cistern, surrounded by stone houses with large chimneys of
characteristic, similar to those seen in the homes
islands in the lagoon of Venice. Continuing to W meets
Krucica deep inlet where to stay at anchor
for a swim but certainly not suitable for overnight stop
creek next to W, Mali lake.
-MALI LAGO 46'5''N -42 ° 16 ° 49'E - in practice, together with the Veli Lake,
is a narrow channel made hourglass, with a small bridge in
narrowest point, a tens of meters, which separates the island of Lastovo
one, smaller, Prezba, perfect to stop, even for prolonged
bad weather, because with a few narrow winding, at the bridge near the
is shallow (3 m .) and it is not advisable to approach the dock
except with extreme care. On the coast of Prezba near the bridge, there are some
fishermen's cottages where to buy fresh fish, but do not let
lead, as it happened to me in October 2000, to purchase a 5-kg amberjack
alive, kept in a lobster pot, for £ 100,000 because it is extremely difficult to induce
to be to become
fillet marinated yellowtail fillets and golden butter for dinner.
the other side of the bridge there is a hotel, the only island with a restaurant
too close for my taste to the palates Germanic. Veljo
-LAKE -42 ° 45 'N 16 ° 49'E-Access is on the south side
island, leaving the small island of Bratin on right or left;
is a vast bay, deep, with a small island in the middle. Entering,
on the left, there is a large military base with numerous abandoned docks and
even a bunker dug into the hillside, where they were hospitalized
patrol boats and submarines (I've never tried it but I think we could get my boat
with tree and everything, I imagine equipping the tunnel
remote control garage door and garage and use it as water?). Admissions similar
also abandoned, if they meet others in Dalmatia, Dugi Otok,
Sibenik, Vis, etc.. and go in with a nice break
canottino is refreshing in those sultry and sunny afternoons where it does not move a leaf
. Along the docks of the base there are many many possibilities
port at night, being very sheltered bay, but the place
casemates with rusty abandoned and invaded by brambles, gives a gloomy and threatening
so I have always preferred to spend the night
elsewhere. Also in the Veli Lake, on your right coming in, there is the quay of the port town of
Uble, where the ferry docked from Split.
face of this pier, of course, reserved, there are some vacancies
diporto.In boats used by the end of the bay is also
the petrol station and a restaurant that serves as a repository for valuable
shellfish, lobsters and shrimp that are caught in these waters and
here waiting to be collected sent by boat to the market
line. During the night happens to be woken up by a vessel arrives
to download four different things, and insisting a bit ', you can not buy some piece
for the galley. Uble
for the rest does not offer much, not very inviting two restaurants and a small grocery store
over the inevitable phone booth on the board (in Croatia also
the final obstacle desolate wreck has its good running car -
seems to be the advertising of Telecom), but the mooring is quiet and sheltered
any time, you can refuel and ..... there are the lobsters.
Continuing around the island to And there is the large bay
of Portoroz.
- Portoroz - 42 ° 43'96''N-16 ° 53'25''E - Wide round creek in the SE part
deep enough in the center of the island, 20 m. ranging
degrading in a beach, no docks, so you must throw
anchor, the wheel, in a good mud bottom of the container. The bay is sheltered by the promontory of Punta
Skrizeva, where stands a lighthouse,
rather high and is a tranquil mooring. On the coast there is a small
restaurant, reached by dinghy, where they have never gone (I've always had some crustacean
in galley). Lastovo
conclusion is definitely an island to visit with calm,
spend 2-3 days where you can stay in a different place every night for
day to go to the myriad of small islands that surround it,
a real paradise for divers.
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