Jul 28 2008
Joško Božanić plus his friends and the boats they took to France arrived safely home. They unloaded everything at the Kaštela Marina. It was a very successful trip to the International Maritime Festival for Croatia. Joško is now planning his next events.
Jul 15 2008
For our last kayak tour (see subsequent posts) we were not able to use the Falkuša Comeza-Lisboa as a support boat. Joško and the crew are currently in Brest, France for the International Maritime Festival. The Festival is like the Olympics of tall-ship regattas. It is held every 4 years, and at this year’s event they are expecting 3 000 boats and almost 1 000 000 visitors.
Croatia has the status of a special country this year. Joško rounded-up 10 traditional boats as well as 150 crew and performers. His idea was to create a Dalmatian village in the middle of the festival. His website is here.
The picture above shows the Comeza-Lisboa and the Molo (a half-size replica of the original designed for educating youngsters on) at the regatta. And below is a short documentary made by French television about the Croatian entries and their construction.
