{"id":142673,"date":"2024-04-01T10:01:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T10:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/?p=142673"},"modified":"2024-04-01T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T10:02:21","slug":"adriatic-coast-maritime-challenges-croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/adriatic-coast-maritime-challenges-croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Watch as ferry wrestles with &#8216;jugo&#8217; wind on Vis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div id=\"attachment_142674\" style=\"width: 837px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142674\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vis-storm-tajekt.jpg\" alt=\" Watch as ferry wrestles with 'jugo' wind on Vis\" width=\"827\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vis-storm-tajekt.jpg 827w, https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vis-storm-tajekt-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vis-storm-tajekt-768x444.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-142674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Screenshot\/Dalmacija Danas)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Along the Croatian coast, the tranquility of the Adriatic can quickly transform when strong winds sweep across the coast.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These strong \u2018jugo\u2019 and \u2018bura\u2019 gusts, particularly prevalent during certain seasons, pose significant challenges for boats navigating the Adriatic Sea.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Docking under such conditions requires not only skilled seamanship but also a keen understanding of the local maritime environment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The strong \u2018jugo\u2019, a southeastern wind, caused problems throughout Dalmatia over the Easter weekend. Ferries struggled with the waves, and numerous routes were interrupted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a video from Vis, published by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalmacijadanas.hr\/video-trajekti-muku-muce-pogledate-kako-je-orkansko-jugo-stvorilo-probleme-na-visu-skoro-ga-je-odnilo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Dalmacija Danas<\/span><\/a><\/span>, it can be seen how the ferry attempts to anchor, but the wind makes it difficult.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check out the video showing the ferry approaching the shore, but due to the stormy south wind, it couldn&#8217;t anchor on the first attempt.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5K2u1dUtWI?si=odWlIjSTKeC_Umu5\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along the Croatian coast, the tranquility of the Adriatic can quickly transform when strong winds sweep across the coast.\u00a0 These&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[3411,1945],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142675,"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142673\/revisions\/142675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}