Small World, Big Sea
Updated: Sep 28
By: Keifer Wiseman
From September 5th to 13th over 500 Kellogg students and Joint Ventures embarked on a yacht trip around the islands of Croatia. This journey is called “Big Sea.” This flotilla of catamarans was described, by our skipper, as the biggest of its kind. Each boat held from 8 to 12 guests, plus a skipper who operated the vessel and a chef who prepared a daily breakfast and lunch for the boat. The Kellogg flotilla bounced from island to island, straining the local infrastructure and liquor stores. At each stop there was a party to attend, my favorite of which was the “white party”, where everyone donned their most stainable outfits and the excellent DJs Javi and GRLSKOUT provided tunes to dance the night away. Attending these parties really demonstrated how great the Kellogg community is; we couldn’t walk ten steps without running into a friend. At one point I witnessed two students who just met realize they had no mutual friends, which is a truly shocking and rare occurrence in the Small World that is Kellogg. Between sailing and parties, we swam in the sea and explored the islands we were stopping at. Highlights of which include the best sandwich ever from Picolino Sandwich bar in Hvar and hiking along the weathered karst limestone on the coast of Palmizana.
When I imagine a yacht, I think of luxury, but life at sea was not without its challenges. Think of it less like a high-end cruise vacation, and more like an RV trip in the Adriatic Sea. The beds are small but serviceable and the bathrooms intermittently smelled of sewage. Nature can also present some challenges. First, the sea can get choppy, and if you’re like me, seasickness is a possible result. There were a few days where the air was choked with wildfire smoke, which being from Canada, reminded me of home. In fact, we missed the evacuation of the town of Milna due to wildfires by just a few days. The crew was fantastic, the skipper and chef seemed as dedicated to partying as they were to sailing. The trip was organized by a company with the unfortunately evocative name "The Bucket Lust," so "likes to party" is presumably the first item on the job description (I dare not speculate what a bucket of lust actually consists of).
The last leg of the sailing trip was diverted back to the home port in Trogir. On the last day we went wine tasting (drinking) at two wineries in the hills overlooking the Mediterranean vista. This was a perfect end to the amazing week that was “Big Sea.”
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