And the croatian version of our teaser :

“Nerezinac” is a cargo sailing ship over a hundred year old which symbolizes the shipbuilding tradition of the northern Adriatic Sea and shall be kept as a reminder of this tradition for generations to come. Up to 2012 the Nerezine wharf (island of losinj, croatia) had restored the ship so that the structural condition was saved. The all to sudden death of the mastermind of the operation delayed the procedures substantially and now we need everybody´s support to finalize the project and have the “Nerezinac“ under full sails again.

„Nerezinac“ je jedan tradicionalni teretni jedrenjak stariji više od 100 godina, koji kao spomenik tradicije brodogradnje Sjevernog Jadrana treba biti sačuvan. Do kraja godine 2012. brodogradilište u Nerezinama (Otok Lošinj, Hrvatska) je uspijelo osposobiti brod i spasiti njegovu glavninu. Nakon prerane smrti glavnog voditelja projekta dolazi do zaustavljanja. Da bi mogli nastaviti sa daljnom restauracijom i obskrbom broda sa jarbolima i jedrima potrebna nam je Vaša pomoć.

Five years ago, the owner of the Nerezine shipyard (Lošinj Island), Krešo Lekić, discovered a derelict sand carrier in a Northern Croatian harbour. He immediately realised he was looking at a converted lugger, built on the banks of the upper Adria at the end of the 19th century.

Prije pet godina, vlasnik brodogradilišta u Nerezinama Krešo Lekić, otkrio je u jednoj luci Sjevernog Jadrana, oronuli teretni jedrenjak koji je služio za prijevoz pjeska. Odmh je shvatio da se radi o preuređenom logeru kakvi su se gradili na obalama Sjevernog Jadrana u drugoj polovici 19. stoljeća.

The lugger was a topsail, gaff-rigged two-masted schooner. This typical sailboat was 16-24 meters long, 4-6 meters wide and had an 80-220 ton cargo capacity. The crew consisted of five to six men and the captain was generally also the owner of the ship. They were mainly used to transport wood to the towns on the Adria, Venice and Murano’s glass furnaces.

Loger je dvojarbolni jedrenjak. Dužina ovog tipičnog jedrenjaka bila je od 16-24 m, širina 4-6m, a nosivost 80-220t. Posadu je sačinjavalo 5-6 članova uključivši kapetana koji je obično bio i vlasnik broda. Uglavnom su prevozili loživo drvo u Veneciju i druge jadranske luke te za staklarne na otoku Muranu.

Soon, a group of like-minded individuals from Croatia, Austria, the Netherlands and Germany came together to provide financial assistance for the renovation of the 20 m long wooden ship. It took two years of hard work and the investment of large sums of money to make the lugger seaworthy again. The local media and TV channels kept the public up-to-date on the progress of the works, which proceeded quite quickly under the provisions and supervision of the Split Register of Shipping. The ship was declared a national cultural heritage monument by the Croatian Ministry of Culture, whereas the tourist association of the island of Lošinj recognised the historical significance of the "Lošinjski lugger".

Ubrzo se našao krug prijatelja iz Hrvatske, Austrije, Nizozemske i Njemačke koji je financijski podržao obnovu 20-metarskog drvenog broda. Kroz dvije godine uloženo je u loger puno truda i novaca. Lokalni tisak i televizija izvijestili su javnost o tijeku radova čije se izvođenje provodi po propisima i pod nadzorom Hrvatskog registra brodova - Split. Ministarstvo kulture Republike Hrvatske proglasilo je brod zaštićenim spomenikom kulturne baštine. Isto tako Turistička zajednica Grada Malog Lošinja prepoznala je povijesno značenje Lošinjskog logera pod imenom Nerezinac.

Once the work has been completed, there are plans to use the two-master for leisure cruises and as a training ship for the Lošinj naval academy.

Po završetku obnove, ovaj dvojarbolni jedrenjak biti će namijenjen prijevozu gostiju te kao školski brod za obuku učenika Srednje pomorske škole u Malom Lošinju.

Visit the website of the lugger "Nerezinac" / Posjetite web stranici Loger "Nerezinac"

Lošinjski Loger - "Nerezinac"

Lošinjski Loger - "Nerezinac"