Are you interested in paddling with a logboat? Perhaps even to compete with them? Bring the team of 6, we will bring the logboats and equipment. Teams of 6 crew members can apply with no charge. Send the application form to info@ljubljanskobarje.si. Accommodation costs for the next 3 teams that apply will be covered. (18.6.2018). Sign up for a day of sport, experimental archaeology, friendship and a good time. Logboats and paddles are provided.
Join us at the event where cultural heritage and sport meets. International Logboat Regatta is an event that promotes the World Cultural Heritage Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps. The regatta will take place at one out of the thousand known Pile Dwelling sites. Teams will compete in logboats on 200 m long route on the slow flowing river Ljubljanica.
The testing of the logboats will begin on Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 14:00, Špica, Ljubljana
The regatta will start Sunday, July 1st, 2018, at 9:00 with the ceremonial launching of the logboats in Špica. First competition part will consist of registered local teams that will compete in a race of two logboats in the polygon, for the best finish time. The second part will be the match of the international teams. The winners of both matches will then compete in the final race for the title of the absolute winner of the Regatta 2018.
At the same time, a cultural heritage festival will be held. Its focus will be on Pile Dwellings Around the Alps and historical logboat making. The festival will be accompanied by smaller events and workshops. The entire event will conclude with the evening award ceremony and a concert.
After the end of the Regatta, the project Navis 2018 will continue until the late autumn with the use of logboats, which will serve the locals and tourists as exploration vessels of the Ljubljanica River.
The International Logboat Regatta is part of the efforts of the International Coordination group UNESCO Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps. The aim is to build a common identity and presentation of technological development from the beginnings of civilization, of which we are the heirs.
After the successful realization of the regattas in Switzerland, Austria and last year in France, the nomination of Slovenia for the implementation of this event was accepted by the partner states. It is a unique opportunity to use imaginative promotion, which is also interesting in the context of events at the peak of the tourist season.
Connecting both high-profile events, recognizable at the local, regional and international level, coincides with the celebration of the European Year of Cultural Heritage. This year a wide, range of events, projects and celebrations throughout Europe, will be organized in order to raise the interest in cultural heritage among the public, children and young people.
The international regatta of logboats will continue on the Italian Lake Lago di Ledro in 2019.
