Rare Bird Sailing Center
From April till October, guests of the Rare Bird Sailing center enjoy sailing on various types of small sail boats, depending on their skill level. From pleasurable familly cruising on Hobie Wawe Catamarans, to adrenalin packed sailing on world fastest two-trapeze skiffs: Boss and 49er.
Sailing Center is also used as a regrutation center and training base for Rare Bird Sailing Team. The best skiff sailors, that have allready polished their sailing skills on our smaller boats may get the invitation to became a part of Team and compete on Adriatic regattas on Amor, one of the fastest sailboats in Mediteranean.
Boats
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O'pen BIC
Young sailors now have a true glide machine for real excitement on the water. The O'pen BIC is THE link between the Optimist generation and the new generation of sailing dinghies.
Not only is it a fun boat, for pure enjoyment on the water, but it's also a clever and quick racing boat. Recognising the dynamic and modern nature of the O'pen Bic, many sailing federations have chosen it to be their officially-recognised boat for their young sailors. O'pen BIC official site
Hobie Wave
The Hobie Wave is an easy-to-sail, easy-to-rig speedster that will quickly have you smiling. Designed especially for recreation and beginning sailors, the Hobie Wave is fun and easy to use for the whole family.
Learning to sail the Hobie Wave is simple. Incredible stability and maneuverability are combined with high performance to make a very enjoyable, effortless sail.
Its so easy to tack and gybe that complete novices can be sailing solo in short order and the Hobie Wave has performance that will get proficient sailors excited to sail more often. Hobie Wave video
49er
In September 1996 a group of top-flight sailors travelled from around the world to Lake Garda for a trial of many different classes, to see which would go forward as the new twin-trapeze skiff for the Olympics in Sydney 2000.
After an intensive week of trialling these various designs, the 49er proved to be the clear favourite with the sailors, and it had been ratified as the new Olympic skiff.
The 49er gives the ultimate combination of horsepower to weight in a boat that two people can almost handle. It's definitely not a boat for beginners but for experts who will give everything for boat speed and sailing thrills.
49er in action - video
Boss
With it's extensive use of carbon fiber, long bowsprit, and huge spinnaker, the Boss is one of the fastest two-man skiffs in the world - especially downwind.
It is a sailboat without compromise. Superlight, super-stiff, carbon foam sandwich hull optimized for total performance, efficiency, and elegance.
