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Wind & Waves. Mljet - Pelješac: VLOG 156
June 17, 2026 · 6 min · 2K views · Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Croatia
Sailboat cuts through blue waves under clear sky
What this video covers
Nick sails from Mljet toward Pelješac in 18–23 knots of upwind breeze, reefed down and tacking through narrow gaps along the Croatian coast.▶ 0:53 Boat speed holds at 7.5–8.6 knots over the water against a one-metre swell, with VMG running around six knots upwind.▶ 1:29 The original destination was Corchis, but conditions were good enough to keep pushing north through Bardia, past the Old City, and all the way to Longishdon.▶ 1:39 Along the way the crew races windsurfers and Nick notes that crewmate Nico had to climb to reach the camera in the steep chop.▶ 1:39 The day ends at anchor with cevapi, a northerly wind, and gin.▶ 5:26 A friend named David, sailing a slower boat, meets them partway rather than covering the full distance upwind.▶ 2:29 The passage covers the Mljet–Pelješac corridor in strong northerly conditions, demonstrating that a well-reefed boat can sustain high upwind VMG in short Adriatic chop by picking gaps and tacking aggressively rather than laying a straight course.
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