Original scientific paper

FOREIGN YACHTS IN THE PORT OF SPLIT

Gordana Tudor ; Hrvatski pomorski muzej, Split

Abstract

The invention of the steam engine and its use on ships meant a revolution in the maritime business. The advent of the steamship gradually introduced democratic ways of traveling which
became available to a greater number of people. Besides leisure travel by special steamships that are not the issue of this paper, this time saw the beginning of nautical tourism. Year after year an ever increasing number of private yachts sailed Dalmatia, visiting its coast and islands.
Leafing through short notices about such visits in Dalmatian newspapers, we may conclude that the most common destinations were Zadar, Šibenik and Skradin with a visit to the Krka Watrefalls, Trogir, Split with Solin and Klis, Dubrovnik and Kotor as a must. The
tourists found the islands Hvar, Vis and Biševo, Korčula and Lokrum the most attractive of all islands. An interesting fact is that in the considered period Split was not only listed after Zadar, the capital of the then Kingdom of Dalmatia and Dubrovnik, but also after Šibenik
that together with its surroundings was visited by each yacht.
Most of the yachts flew an English flag. The rest were "local" yachts and Italian ones.
James G. Bennett was one of the few Americans who regularly called in the Split port. Already back then can we can speak of the first charter boats because some yachts such as "Grace Darling" and "Vanadisa" called in the port of Split every year, with new tourists. Besides
crowned heads and members of the highest aristocracy, politicians and millionaires such as the Rotschilds also visited Split. It is worth mentioning that women evenly went on those tours. There was hardly a yacht without a woman traveler. Those were mostly wives, daughters or cousins of the yacht owner.

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Hrčak ID:

66599

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/66599

Publication date:

1.12.2007.

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