On sunday, October 23th, 2011, near the Izola's harbour took place the launching of the batana Koštanca.
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| The batana Koštanca is ready to be towed to the launching place. |
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| ... on the road from Korte to Izola. |
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| The truck with arm crane lifted the boat. |
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| Gathering of the curious crowd. |
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| The crowd kept growing. |
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| The speech of the Izola's Mayor Igor Kolenc. |
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| The traditional custom requires the priest to baptize and bless the boat. |
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| The church baptism was followed by a modern way of blessing involving a bottle breaking: the deputy Breda Pečan took the role of the godmother.. |
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| Launching - the crane lowered the boat gently into the sea. |
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| Preparing to the competition in a special type of rowing using a single oar, called šija-voga. |
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| Waiting among other batanas for the competition to start. |
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| Rowing in a technique called šija-voga (single oar to transom rowing): Marino Hrvatin took the gold medal. |
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| With a help of experienced sailors Aleksander Kerin and Vinko Oblak we managed to haul the sail and to catch the wind. |
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| After showing to the crowd the qualities of the boat in sailing, we took the downwind position and sailed toward the port. |
Marino Hrvatin, competing on the 5th rowing competition Kaki - Strunjan, on November 19th, 2011, rowing technique šija-voga (voga a baom). (table of results)
