room for mooring, on the inside and outside of the jetty and at the many buoys. The bay is safe, except when there is a southerly wind blowing. By day you can bathe in peace, and in the evening take a boat to the shore, but do not sit yourself down in one of the restaurants straight away. Just behind the settlement there is a trail that will take you on a twenty minute walk to the 175 metre high peak of Mount Straæa and a small church dedicated to Our Lady of Snow (Gospa od sniga) from where you can enjoy a stunning view of the straits of Zapuntel, through which numerous vessels pass in the summer, while the surrounding islands of ©karda, Premuda, Silba, Olib and Molat are laid out below you - as if in the palm of your hand. If you are unsure of whether to stay on Ist or to sail to the neighbouring Molat, a possible solution would be to anchor at Zapuntel, a strait lying between the two islands. Many sailors pass this way in the summer and there are
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two customary anchorage sites. The first is in the cove of Mljake on Ist, to the north of the strait, and the other is across the way in the cove of Porat on Molat. Mljake, a lovely uninhabited cove, is an excellent shelter in all weather conditions, except when the bora is blowing. If you are searching for a different setting, sail to Porat, a cove that falls under Zapuntel, a settlement some kilometre and a half into the island’s interior. There are a few houses here, a port with a jetty, several moorings and what is most important, two restaurants, so you can leave your boat and enjoy an “excursion” to civilisation. From Zapuntel it takes almost four miles of sailing along the southern shores of the island to round Cape Bonaster and sail into the two mile deep Bay of Brgulje, to the north side of which is the main island settlement of Molat. It is a five minute walk to the settlement from the landing and its berths. There are two anchorages on
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