Club
- 1951
- founded
- 1975
- first New Year's Regatta
- Optimist
- class of champions
Sailing Club Zvir was founded in 1951 in Hvar. Since then it has raised generations of sailors, organized international regattas and promoted sailing as a way of island life.
The club is best known for the International New Year’s Regatta, first sailed at the turn of 1975/76 on the initiative of Zdenko Roić — every late December since, it has brought sailors from all over Europe to the Pakleni channel.
Today the club lives through its sailing school and racing group. Most of its young sailors race in the Optimist class, sailed up to the age of 15; the older ones move on to ILCA 4 and ILCA 6, and the adult members race cruisers. Besides the New Year’s Regatta the club organises the Paklena and ’Kolo Sveca cruiser regattas.
History
Since 1951: self-built boats, racing across the Adriatic, the regatta's revival and the “old Macel” clubhouse.
Records & achievements
National champions and Optimist internationals, a long hosting record, and today's racing squad.
Our sailors
The youth squad and the club's former sailors — each with their own page: path through the classes, medals and every result.
Contact and officers
The clubhouse is on Križna luka, right by the water. For enrolment, regattas and membership, write to the secretariat.
- Put Križa 2, 21450 Hvar
- info@jkzvir.hr
- +385 21 741 415· office & fax
- +385 98 980 2181· secretariat
Club officers
- President
- Tonko Buzolić
- Vice-president
- Boris Nižetić
- Secretary
- Nikša Ive
- Supervisory board chair
- Krešimir Marušić
- Supervisory board members
- Dinko Dujmović, Nela Kolenić
- Disciplinary committee chair
- Đani Ivančević
- Disciplinary committee members
- Mila Novak, Toma Makjanić
Term 2023–2027 — elected at the electoral assembly of 25 March 2023
Coaches
Joško Kovačević Bepo, Vedran Grga Ive