The last od 11 groups of socially endangered children that spent their summer vacation in Kaštela, sponsored by Marina Kaštela and Bavadria, returned home last week.

We wished to organise a summer vacation for children who normally don’t have acces to the sea coast, children who come from poor families or poor regions, as well as children without adequate parental care. Collaborating with numerous organisations from Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, we provided free travel do and from Kaštela, accomodation and food in Kaštela, swimming school for young children and free sailing on a Bavadria yacht.

During the 2 and a hald months of summer, our guests were 182 children and 33 caregivers from Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. This was the third summer we have organised summer vacation for children, and hope there are many to come.

Marina Kastela has enriched its offer with the newly opened „Nautic Restaurant“. Its situatated at the heart of the Marina, on the first floor of the main charter building. We invite you to enjoy its beautiful seaview and taste some of the local specialties on offer.

On Friday 29 May starting from Sustipan the traditional Komiža Regatta 2015 was held and in which the crew of Marina Kaštela took part. Forty sailing yachts in several categories were racing. In the first part of the regatta, all the way to Maslinica on Šolta island there was a light wind, until the exit from Maslinica. On leaving Maslinica the wind increased and was 7 – 8 knots all way until entering the Komiža bay.

In the first phase of the regatta our sailing yacht arrived second, after Full Pelta. Saturday was the day for break and socializing, so we took time for some sightseeing of Komiža and Vis.

The start of the second phase was planned for Sunday 31 May at 9.00 hrs, but due to the lack of wind, the regatta board decided that sailing yachts be moved to the position between Vid and Vodnjak.

After less than one hour the race started at light wind of 7-8 knots, towards the Splitska vrata (Split Gate).

Just after the start Full Pet, a light sailing yacht, took the leading position and kept it all the way till the finish of the race in Split.

The sailing yacht “Marina Kastela” arrived second in its category OPEN and was first in the group OPEN 0

Best regards until the next regatta!

For the second year running Marina Kaštela hosts Flota mira (Peace fleet) “MIRNO MORE 2014”.
“Mirno more” is Europe’s largest social-pedagogy project for children and youth. The children sailed in the Adriatic from 13-20 September. Marina Kaštela hosted 107 sailboats with 900 children and crew members from 18 countries. The children and young people participated in many different pedagogy workshops, sport workshops and other activities.
The aim of the project is to give the opportunity to those children who are chronically ill, marginalized, socially threatened and physically or mentally impaired to hang out and sail together. The idea behind the activity is to help them to discard any prejudices they may harbour towards certain social, religious and ethnic groups. The motto of this unique project is “DISCARD THE PREJUDICES!”
The fleet headed out on 13 September from different marinas in Dalmatia and sailed until 16 September when all the sailboats sailed into the host harbour, Marina Kaštela. Our organization „Mirno More Marina Kaštela“sailed on Bav-Adria sailboats. The crews consisted of children suffering from diabetes with protégés of the Maestral branch Home for Children Miljenko and Dobrila from Kaštel Lukšić and children from Zagreb Rehabilitation Centre.