A fleet of Optimist dinghies along the Hvar waterfront

OUR SAILORS

From the sailing school to the national team — Zvir has raised sailors on Hvar for generations. This is our 2026 squad.

Youth squad18

Niko Kovačević

3rd overall & 2nd among the boys at the Croatian U12 Optimist Championship (Pula 2026); gold in Portorož 2025.

Antonio Žuvela

Won the Šibenik Open 2026; 4th overall at Mala Mrduja 2025.

Marta Kovačević

Gold in Portorož 2025; 2nd (girls U12) at the Dubrovnik criterium 2026.

Nura Bičanić

Represented Zvir at the ILCA 6 national championship.

Bepo ŽuvelaJana ErcegBenedikta MiličićMladen MakjanićMarija MakjanićBenedikt PandolBorna NovakKijara BarbarićLuka IvančevićToma BuzolićJakov BuzolićSlavko Alfanso AdamsMarin ĐurićToni Buratović

Skippers & members28

Tomislav GrubelićTeo GrgičevićVedran Grga IveBojan IveNikša IvePepi JadrasMario KotorašŽarko RogošićPetar KažimirBranko TrbuhovićBruno AntunacIvica GabelićTonko RačićFabijan RoićKrešimir GrandićAnte StipišićSiniša MarinkoDomagoj JaklinDavor HuljekDanijel SoldaRobert KuduzIvan KočišIvan KlemenPavle BubaloSiniša BulovićMarinko BožićBojan OcelićTomaž Sušnik

From Zvir to the world

Hvar girls and boys who started at Zvir now sail at the top of Croatian sailing. Nina Marušić — 3rd among the girls at the 2024 Optimist World Championship in Argentina — is today the ILCA 4 national champion for JK Split; Vedran Grga Ive and Bojan Ive took the same path through other clubs before her.

Achievements →Club by the numbers →

List per the HJS verified-sailors roster for 2026. Minors' names are published with parental consent.