• 2015 Year in Review and Upcoming Developments

    ADRIATIC MARITIME INSTITUTE PROGRAM REPORT 2015 Adriatic Maritime Institute created many new opportunities for young people from challenging backgrounds in its youth programs for summer 2015. This year we had several new partnerships, the expansion of the tremendously successful Great Watermelon Voyage, and the addition of a program highlighting traditional boatbuilding on inland rivers. River Odyssey, …

  • Watermelon Wanderings IV: Ploče to Lastovo

      It was hot. Not like a hot that we normally know, but one that seems to make you squint even though you are in the shade. As if making your vision being less bright could give you some relief. The place where we load the cargo is in a big port, not much shade, …

  • Watermelon Wanderings Part II- Kaštela to Brač: Fun In the sun

    Part II Kastela to Brač: Fun in the Sun “This is the best place in the world” I heard them say. We were somewhere in the Brački Kanal and headed out after swimming. Actually this is a very common thing for a Dalmatian to say. Especially the older folks can be heard saying this or …

  • Watermelon Wanderings Part I- Dubrovnik to Kaštela: Morning Light

    Morning Light Preparing the boat can always be a little stressful. Time is short and there is a long list of things that have to be done. Three years ago, we had to build a mast a prepare rigging for Bente Dorte. Last year, Chris helped rewire some of the electronics on the boat, a …