Sailing
Sailing holidays and summer festivals
In many old towns along the Adriatic coast during the summer months streets, piazzas and old castles become a stage for a variety of live performances ranging from the folklore ensembles, world-famous rock bands, jazz, opera or classical concerts, to ballet and theatre. Most known festivals are Dubrovnik summer festival (Dubrovacke [...]
470 European Championships 2009
Croatian sailors Šime Fantela and Igor Marenić won the men’s 470 class at the European championships at Traunsee Lake, Upper Austria on Sunday 14th of June.
Fantela and Marenić are members of Sv. Krševan Club (Zadar, Croatia) and are the first Croatian gold-medal winners in an Olympic class in more than 30 years.
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Northabout
Another Irish sailing boat that has many stories to tell was in Galway during the Volvo Ocean Race. Northabout is a 49 foot long modern aluminium sailing boat, built to a French design by the team under the direction of boat builder Jarlath Cunnane back in 2001.
Northabout took the expedition of leading Irish sailors and [...]
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A peaceful sandy lagoon on the Island of Mljet
The Island of Mljet in Croatia is well known for its National Park, a beautiful display of nature that rejuvenates the body and mid with peaceful pine forests, scenic coastline and magnificent sea lakes.
To take it even a step further, set sail to the very south-eastern point [...]
Volvo Ocean Race 2008/2009 in Galway
An unforgettable weekend of in-port racing, celebrating the great Volvo Ocean Race adventure and above all, the ever-present connection between the man and the sea.
It was a great place to meet old friends and make some new, enjoy the thrill of watching the powerful Volvo Open 70 in action, explore [...]
Sailing Boats Croatia are following the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. Check Google Earth for real time updates. Leg 07 across the Atlantic looks very exciting and very close at the moment. It is way too soon to call a winner for the Glaway stopover but all eyes are closely on Irish entries Delta Lloyd and Green [...]
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Luxury Yacht Princess 62
The Princess 62 combines high performance with spacious accommodation and dynamic good looks. The hull design has been carefully configured to combine outstanding seaworthiness with high speeds so as to allow extended fast cruising whilst retaining simple and straightforward handling characteristics which are further enhanced through power assisted steering, electronic engine [...]
