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Pasara „Božjan“

Božjan is 6.6 meters long and 2.2 meters wide. It was built in Malinska Shipyard in 1936 for the owner Božidar Karabajić, who used the boat, among other things, to transport tourists on excursions along the Malinska Vala.

Božjan it is one of the larger boats that were built in the Malinska Shipyard. The structural parts are made of oak from Dubašnica, and the frames (formwork) are made of spruce. It is powered by oars and a mainsail and jib

The Municipality of Malinska Dubašnica recognized the value of this traditional boat and bought it from the Karabaić family. The boat was restored in the same Lolić shipyard where it was built, by the hands of Frank Kraljić, a fifth-generation craftsman.

Today, Božjan is part of the permanent outdoor display of the DUBoak Maritime Heritage Interpretation Center and is used for sailing demonstrations, and participates in regattas and parades of traditional boats throughout the Adriatic.

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Pasara MK 73

Pasara MK 73 is owned by Klaudija Koča, and was built in 1985 in the Malinska skarn, by the hand of master craftsman Fran Kraljić. It is 4.1 meters long and 1.61 meters wide, and as such it belongs to the group of smaller open pasara. By all accounts, it is a classic Malinska pasara, with characteristic slight incervadure (longitudinal curvature of the deck), with the proven aft inclined forward.

All structural parts are made from oak from Dubašnica, while the madirs are made of spruce.

The restored boat MK 73 is part of the permanent outdoor setup of the DUBoak Maritime Heritage Interpretation Center and is used for sailing demonstrations, and participates in regattas and parades of traditional boats all over the Adriatic.

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Pasara MK 34 Iva

Pasara MK 34 is a classic Malinska pasara, 4.4 meters long and 1.65 meters wide. This boat was built by master Ive Kosić – Bučul in the village of Vantačić. The boat is now owned by Toni Kraljić.

By all accounts, it is a classic pasara from Malinska with characteristic slight incervadure (longitudinal curvature of the deck), with the proven aft inclined forward. All structural parts are made from oak from Dubašnica, while the madirs are made of spruce.

In addition to being used for personal needs, this barge was also an important part of the bathing tradition of Dubašnica, since it was used for years to set up signal buoys to secure the beaches.

The restored boat MK 34 is part of the permanent outdoor setup of the DUBoak Maritime Heritage Interpretation Center and is used for sailing demonstrations, and participates in regattas and parades of traditional boats all over the Adriatic.

All these boats were restored in the Malinska Shipyard, with funds from the project "Protection, promotion and tourism valorization of the Adriatic maritime heritage" - ARCA ADRIATICA, cross-border cooperation program INTERREG Croatia-Italy.

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Lantern

The Malinska Lantern is the oldest harbor light officially installed on the island of Krk!

It lit up for the first time in 1871 and was visible from a distance of as much as 5 nautical miles! It was this light and the brick pier that made Malinska a good port where steamships began arriving very quickly, so that already in 1873, Malinska was one of the ports on the permanent steamship line Rijeka - Kotor.

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Shipyard

Shipbuilding in Dubašnica has roots going back almost three millennia! Malinska is one of the last places in Kvarner that still has an operational shipyard, a small family shipyard where boats of the same lines are still being made, in the same place, for almost 150 years. In that period, hundreds of kajićs sailed from Malinska škver, mostly guc and pasara boats.

Among them, the most numerous are probably those that were 3.8 meters long, all of them tailored according to this „šest“ which is now kept in the display of the DUBoak Maritime Heritage Interpretation Center.

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