Jun 17 2008
“Latinsko Idro” - Traditional Boat Regatta
Since 1998 over the last weekend in September, off the town of Murter on Murter Island, a regatta has been held each year for boats with traditional lanteen rigs (such as those in the pictures). The regatta is the Latinsko Idro (the Latin Sail) and is organized by Zeljko Jerat. Its website can be found here (though it needs to be updated for this year). Zeljko also can teach those interested how to use one of these old fishing boats - he has a house on the Kornati Islands which is used as a base for 5 days of sail training. (Contact us for further details.)
There is a renaissance currently in the building and sailing of Dalmatian wooden fishing boats.
Our plan is to take 2 boats - the gajeta and the leut - to this years regatta.
