BARCOLANA 2026
9. – 11. October

Experience the regatta with the biggest number of participants in the world
Izola, Gulf of Trieste
Boat: JOD 35

  • With some racing spirit, but still on the safe side, we will join the race with the biggest number of boats on the starting line in the world. With around 2000 boats at the starting line, it is a unique experience to sail this 15 miles long race.

    In the two days before the race, we will learn and train the manoeuvres needed in the race, then sail the race as good as possible.

    During the training everybody that is new to race-sailing will get familiar with basics of racing.

    The ones that are more familiar to race-sailing will take more demanding tasks and learn new things.

    We are going to sail aboard a 10,5 meters long JOD 35.

  • Friday, 9.10.2026: 10.00 -17.00 Training; Race manoeuvres, starting procedure, spinnaker sailing.

    Saturday, 10.10.2026: Sailing to Trieste. Race simulation – sailing / training on the actual race field.

    Sunday, 11.10.2026: 07.00 Sailing from Izola to the starting area; 10.30 Race start.

  • You skipper and instructer is going to be Matjaž France, co-funder of Porta-Sailing. Highly experienced skipper and instructor (he started to work as a sailing instructor more than 25 years ago) and also very experienced race skipper and tactician. He has got more than 20 Barcolana races under his belt, including being tactician aboard a RC 44, achieving 10. place overall and 1. place in the class.

  • Price: 590 per person

    INCLUDED IN PRICE:
    - Race entry fee
    - JOD35 charter and sleeping on board
    - Skipper / instructor
    - Fuel
    - Final cleaning (transit log)

    NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE:
    - Food and drinks (for skipper too)

RACE SAILING ACADEMY
FIRST 18 SE / SEASCAPE 18
JEZERA / MURTER ISLAND / CROATIA

Level 1: October 13.-18
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  • How to sail fast, how to do fast and smooth tacks and jibes, how to start well, what strategy to choose, what rules to take into account when in crowd rounding a mark, where the crew should sit, what do all these flags mean? And many other details you should know and train to have a good race and enjoy in it. All of that and more we learn on our race – sailing courses in lovely Jezera town.

  • Theoretical lessons and training: Sail trim, gennaker sailing, how to steer the boat fast, boat speed and angles comparison, racing Rules of Sailing basics and practical application while starting and racing, start, upwind – downwind races, coastal races…

    More details on the topics you may find in “Level 1 Schedule” document.

  • Theory and training: Improve Level 1 knowledge, race field strategy and tactics, roll tacks, roll jibes, crew positioning and moving, VMG sailing, fine tuning and steering in different conditions (from no wind to near gale force winds), boat speed and angles comparison, start, layline, complex situations (start, mark rounding; rules, how to react)… And a lot of short training

    races.

    More details on the topics you may find in “Level 2 Schedule” document.

  • Your coaches will be Marjan Gorec and Ivan Nemet.

    Marjan Gorec is one of the most experienced Adriatic sailing instructors. He is in charge of Porta- sailing, maybe the best Slovenian sailing school, sailing instructor for more than 20 years and a specialist for Seascape boats. The winner of the 2016 doublehanded 135 miles long Seascape Challenge race in a Seascape 27 class, together with the Seascape boats designer, Samuel Manuard. Four times winner of the same race in Seascape 18 class (2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023). In the last edition there was 39 Seascape 18 on the starting line! In 2021, 2022 and 2023 also the winner of Jabuka Race in class Seascape 27 and the 2022 Seascape 18 Slovenian vice-champion.

    Ivan Nemet is sailing instructor with more than 10 years experience. Co-founder and chief instructor in Free Spirit Sailing School in Jezera, Murter island, Croatia.

  • ON A RENTED SEASCAPE 18
    - 890 per person for one race – sailing course (Level 1 or Level 2)

    Included in price:
    - proportionate part of a Seascape 18 rental for the time of the course
    - 2x sailing instructor
    - RIB rent
    - organization of the course
    - transit log

    NOT included in price:
    - food
    - drinks
    - sleeping accommodation
    - damages done to the boat

    WITH YOUR OWN SEASCAPE 18
    - from 390 per person for one race – sailing course (Level 1 or Level 2)

    Included in price:
    - berth for your boat
    - 2x sailing instructor
    - RIB rent

    NOT included in price:
    - food
    - drinks
    - sleeping accommodation

ROUND LONG ISLAND RACE
 October 25.-31. 2026

Race-sailing course and race
Boat: First 27 SE / Seascape 27

  • Eight days of sailing the exciting First 27SE / Seascape 27. Race-sailing school, race-training and participation in one of the most interesting Mediterranean races – the Round Long Island Race.

    Through theoretical hours and a lot of sailing we dive into performance and the race sailing. Boat speed and boat handling in different conditions and directions, tactics, meteorology… We enjoy in the

    out-of-the-season vibe of the North Dalmatia sea and islands, in the ever-changing out-of-the-season weather and watch the teamwork growing better, faster, smoother…

    With only three “students” on board there will be plenty of time for individual approach.

    And than we experience the real adventure, 110 nautical miles long Round Long Island Race.

    THE RACE

    Starting from the picturesque town of Zlarin on Zlarin Island and rounding Dugi Otok. 110 miles of tactically very demanding race. One third is sailed on the open sea, the rest between the numerous islands of North Dalmatia.

  • Sunday
    - 13:00 Arrival of participants to Jezera on Murter Island. Introduction to the boat and first sailing / training
    - 17:30 Tidying the boat, debriefing
    - 18:30 Free time

    Monday till Wednesday
    - 09.00 Briefing
    - 10.00 Training (with a lunch break)
    - 17.00 Tidying the boat, debriefing
    - 18.00 Free time

    Thursday
    - 10:00 Pre-race preparation of the boat, equipment, food, meteorology, tactics, weather, navigation etc.
    - 16:00 All crew on board
    - 16:15 Sailing out to the starting area
    - 17:00 Race start, race

    Friday
    - Racing

    Saturday
    - Racing
    - In case we finish the race early (i.e. on the Friday night), on Saturday we could do some leisure sailing and visit one of the nearby islands
    - 19:00 Race finish time limit
    - 20:00 Dinner and prize giving ceremony

    Sunday
    Chill out sailing to Jezera

  • You skipper and instructor will be Marjan Gorec, one of the most experienced Adriatic skippers. He is in charge of sailing school Porta, maybe the best Slovenian sailing school, sailing instructor for more than 20 years and a specialist for Seascape boats.
    The winner of the 2016 doublehanded 135 miles long Seascape Challenge race in a Seascape 27 class, together with the Seascape boats designer, Samuel Manuard. Four times winner of the same race in Seascape 18 class (2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023). In the last edition there was 39 Seascape 18 on the starting line! In 2021, 2022 and 2023 also the winner of Jabuka Race in class Seascape 27 and the 2022 Seascape 18 Slovenian vice-champion.

  • 1.390 eur per person

    INCLUDED IN PRICE:
    - Seascape 27 with set of regatta sails and all equipment
    - Skipper / instructor
    - Fuel
    - Croatian boat tax
    - Croatian sailing federation racing vignette
    - Tourist taxes
    - Mooring fees in Zlarin

    NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE:
    - Food
    - Food for skipper
    - Mooring fees outside Jezera harbour
    - Verification at national sailing federation
    - Race registration fees (approx. 50 euros per person)

MINI OFFSHORE EXPERIENCE
FIRST 27 SE / SEASCAPE 27

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  • MINI OFFSHORE EXPERIENCE:
    Four days full of active sailing. With an exciting Seascape 27. Under supervision of an experienced skipper / instructor, who will advise you with many tips and tricks on how to manage a modern performance cruiser / racer. Beside this we will enjoy the out-of-the-season tranquillity of the North Adriatic Sea islands and its tiny towns, our overnight stops. The first island is just 22 nautical miles from our starting point (Port of Bunarina, Pula, Croatia).

  • You skipper and instructor will be Marjan Gorec, one of the most experienced Adriatic skippers. He is in charge of sailing school Porta, maybe the best Slovenian sailing school, sailing instructor for more than 20 years and a specialist for Seascape boats.
    The winner of the 2016 doublehanded 135 miles long Seascape Challenge race in a Seascape 27 class, together with the Seascape boats designer, Samuel Manuard. Four times winner of the same race in Seascape 18 class (2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023). In the last edition there was 39 Seascape 18 on the starting line! In 2021, 2022 and 2023 also the winner of Jabuka Race in class Seascape 27 and the 2022 Seascape 18 Slovenian vice-champion.

  • MINI OFFSHORE EXPERIENCE:
    DAY 1: Early evening hours - arrival of participants to Bunarina / Pula, boarding, food supply.
    DAY 2: Introduction to the boat, sailing.
    DAY 3 and 4 : Sailing
    DAY 5: Sailing, returning to Bunarina (until around 3 p.m.)

  • MINI OFFSHORE EXPERIENCE:
    December -February
    590 eur per person
    March - November
    690 eur per person
    April - September
    790 eur per person

    INCLUDED IN PRICE:

    - Seascape 27 with a set of race sails and all equipment
    - Skipper / instructor
    - Fuel
    - Croatian boat tax
    - Tourist taxes
    - Final cleaning
    - Mooring fees in Port of Bunarina

    NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE:
    - Food
    - Food for skipper
    - Mooring fees outside Port of Bunarina

    For these costs a boat’s found is formed.

PERFORMANCE SAILING & ISLANDS HOPPING
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An exciting »back to nature« week with two identical real performance, almost race boats First 27SE / Seascape 27. A week of exploring islands of beautiful North Dalmatia…

More details on the web page of our partner Free Spirit Sailing

SEASCAPE CHALLENGE RACE-COURSE

Jezera / Murter Island, Croatia

  • A race-sailing course based on our Race-Sailing Academy programme and specially designed for participants in Beneteau First SE Challenge race in class First 18 SE / Seascape 18. Especially for those less familiar with race-sailing.

    With a maximum of 5 boats expect a personal approach – pin pointing & improving weak points of each crew. From basics to advanced racing details.

    A lot of sailing under the supervision of two coaches on a RIB (or briefly on your boat, if needed) and theory with photo and video analyses. It is a perfect introduction to the official Pre-Challenge Training Camp and to the race itself.

  • SCHEDULE & TOPICS

    Crews meeting & Welcome drink
    09.30 Theory: Fast briefing on First 18 SE specifics & trimming possibilities.

    10.15 Sailing: Evaluating participants knowledge, pin-pointing weak points of each crew. Upwind and downwind sailing, boat speed comparison.

    13.00 Lunch break & briefing: Analyses of morning session. Sailing in course from close reach to broad reach – trimming, crew positioning & moving.

    14.30 Sailing: Boat speed comparison. Crew positioning, moving. Advanced sail trim in different points of sail, roll tacking, roll jibing, gennaker sailing. Searching for weak points.

    17.30 Theory and debriefing: Tacking & jibing. Sailing in VMG mode.

    09.30 Theory: Strategy and tactics. Upwind / downwind race from start to finish. Applying upwind / downwind race logics to navigational races. Layline.  

    11.00 Sailing (lunch break & briefing 13.00 – 14.30): Upwind / downwind marks rounding training. Short upwind / downwind and coastal races. Improving weak points of each participant.

    17.30 Theory and debriefing

    10.30 Theory: How to sail in different conditions (from no wind to gale force winds). Recapitulation.

    All schedule is subject to changes regarding weather conditions. Monday is a back-up day. In case the wind is to strong or the weather conditions are significantly worse on one of the first two days we will change it to Monday.

  • Marjan Gorec is one of the most experienced Adriatic sailing instructors. He is in charge of Porta- sailing, maybe the best Slovenian sailing school, sailing instructor for more than 20 years and a specialist for Seascape boats. The winner of the 2016 doublehanded 135 miles long Seascape Challenge race in a Seascape 27 class, together with the Seascape boats designer, Samuel Manuard. Four times winner of the same race in Seascape 18 class (2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023). In the last edition there was 39 Seascape 18 on the starting line! In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025 also the winner of Jabuka Race in class Seascape 27 and the 2022 Seascape 18 Slovenian vice-champion.

  • 195 euros per person / 390 per boat
    Included in price:
    - 2x sailing instructor
    - RIB rent
    - organization of the course
    - berth for your boat
    - boat slip

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