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Flotilla Plan
and Schedule

Note:

All organized dinners are attended only by guests who want to attend them.
Only those crew members who want to race can participate in the flotilla.

11.10.2008. - Saturday
Rogač (Island Šolta)

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Arrival in the base Rogač and check-in of guests. Settling on board. Appetizer, nibbles, getting to know one another. Going shopping (food and drink) with SailingEurope Charter's van.

20:00 –

Dinner in the restaurant-pizzeria Pasarela in Rogač, dinner is not mandatory and is attended by guests who want to attend it

Cool Croatia landscape

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12.10.2008. - Sunday
Rogač (Island Šolta) – Lučice bay (Island Brač)

10:00 –

Skippers' meeting, instructions for the regatta and final preparations for the regatta

13:00 –

Start of the regatta in front of Rogač

18:00 –

Sailing to the Lučice bay in the south-western part of the island Brač

20:00 –

Joint dinner in the restaurant of Mr Lemešić

Cool Croatia landscape

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13.10.2008. - Monday
Lučice bay (Island Brač) – Blace bay (Island Brač) – Jelsa (Island Hvar)

10:00 -

Skippers' meeting

11:00 -

Sailing from the Lučice bay

12:00 -

Sailing to the Blaca bay, bathing and going sight-seeing to the nearby Glagolitic monastery “Blaca Desert” – the most significant island’s sight. Skippers stay on board

“Blaca Desert” – the most significant island’s sight. It takes around an hour to climb a pathway leading through the woods up to the monastery. The monastery, elevated along a steep cliff, was built by hermit monks in the 16th century, while taking refuge from the Turks.

16:00 -

Departing towards the island Hvar and town Jelsa

In the 15th century Jelsa developed into a port of Pitve, the oldest small town on the island, cca 3 km far away from Jelsa. Among cultural and historical sights, many parks, town squares and churches are worth seeing: Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (14th ct.), Church of St. John (15th ct.), situated on one of the most beautiful Dalmatian Renaissance–Baroque squares, Church of St. Michael (15th ct.) and Church of St. Rocco (16th ct.)… Strolls along narrow town streets, along the coast surrounded by pine trees or along the valleys full of Mediterranean vegetation and medicinal herbs are quite pleasant.

18:00 -

Arrival in Jelsa, free evening for mingling and sight-seeing

Cool Croatia landscape

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14.10.2008. - Tuesday
Jelsa (Island Hvar) – Starigrad (Island Hvar)

10:00 -

Skippers' meeting and preparations for the regatta

12:00 -

Start of the navigational regatta

18:00 -

Arrival in Starigrad (the oldest town in Croatia) on the island Hvar

Stari Grad is the oldest town in Croatia founded by the Greeks (the Greek Faros). It is situated in the north-western part of the island. If visiting the town, you’ll be astonished by the beauty of old stone houses as well as many Romanesque and Renaissance buildings, among which the Fortress of the poet Petar Hektorovic, a summer residence with a fish-pond surrounded by beautiful gardens, is the most prominent. Near the summer residence there is a Renaissance church of St. Rocco (16th century) and a Baroque church of St. Stephen (17th/18th ct.) with a separate bell-tower. The Dominican monastery from the 15th century contains a great number of valuable things, dating from times of the Illyrians and Greeks until nowadays.

20:00 -

Joint dinner in the town's restaurant “Jurin podrum” characterized by a relaxed atmosphere

Cool Croatia landscape

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15.10.2008. - Wednesday
Starigrad (Island Hvar) – Vis (Island Vis)

10:00 -

Skippers' meeting

11:00 -

Sailing towards the island Vis

18:00 -

Arrival in town Vis

The present-day town Vis was founded by Greek colonists in the 4th ct. BC (Issa). The Austrian fortress from the 19th ct. contains rich Antique heritage. The more recent cultural heritage consists of numerous summer residences, fortresses and palaces. Among the sacral architecture, the pre-Romanesque church of St. George as well as the Franciscan monastery on the peninsula Prirovo in front of the town port are quite prominent.
Around the town Vis noticeable are the remains of military facilities from the period when the army of Yugoslavia resided on the island – because of that the island was closed for visitors.

20:00 -

Joint dinner in the tavern “Pojoda”

Cool Croatia landscape

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16.10.2008. - Thursday
Vis (Island Vis) – Vinogradišće bay (Island St. Klement/Pakleni otoci)

10:00 -

Skippers' meeting

12:00 -

Departing from Vis towards Pakleni otoci

16:00 -

Berthing in the Vinogradišće bay On the island St. Klement, the biggest one in the group of Pakleni otoci Upon arriving to the bay, “Beach party“ will take place: contest in rope pulling, pulling of dinghy with crew, etc.

Vinogradišće bay
Coast bay is covered with dense pinewood, around which several restaurants can be found, the most prominent of them being the gallery of the Meneghello family. Marina Palmizana is situated just across the bay and the botanical garden with exotic and Mediterranean plants in its vicinity as well.

21:00 -

Dinner in one of the local restaurants