Regata Sv. Nikola (Split - Palagruža - Komiža)
Split · CroatiaAlso known as Sv. Nikola offshore
2025 · Overall
- 2FarabutLovre Perhat
- 1Spirit of PleasureNiko Kmetović
- 3KarpoMatic Vrečko
- Type
- Offshore · 160 nm
- Scoring
- ORC
- Boats
- Rated yachts
- Usually
- December
- Next
- 6 Dec 2026
- Organiser
- JK Mornar (Split)
- Waters
- Adriatic
- First held
- —
The course
Point to point · 160 nm · as sailed in 2017
- SSplitStart
- 1Stipanska islet (Maslinica, Šolta)Mark
- 2Glavat reef (near Lastovo)Mark
- 3Palagruža (rounded)Mark
- FKomiža (Vis)Finish
Organiser's course Straight lines between the marks, not the track boats sail. Named marks sit at the named island or cape, not on the exact rounding line. For planning and interest; the sailing instructions decide.
16th edition (Dec 2017) per press; organiser page jk-mornar.hr has no course; no newer course found.
Six seasons
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20266 Dec 2026 – 9 Dec 2026Coming up | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20257 Dec 2025 – 9 Dec 2025 | Spirit of PleasureOverallNiko Kmetović | Not published | 19 | NE 4.2 kn, gusts 16.5waves up to 0.62 m | 36 | Official |
| 20247 Dec 2024 – 8 Dec 2024 | Jena QOverall13:49:53Petar Milun / Brigita Fernežir | Dubrovnik | 13 | NE 7.5 kn, gusts 35.2waves up to 1.3 m | 48 | Official |
| 20233 Dec 2023 – 5 Dec 2023 | Jena QOverall17:50:34Goran Martinović / Petar Milun | Dubrovnik | 14 | NE 7.4 kn, gusts 31.9waves up to 1.24 m | 48 | Official |
| 2022Not confirmed | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20213 Dec 2021 | Republica Palma de CocoOverall16:34:38Urban Jerman / Uroš Kraševac | Not published | 28 | NE 8.4 kn, gusts 38.9waves up to 1.32 m | 49 | Official |
Line honours go to the first boat home, on elapsed time. Overall winner is the best on handicap (IRC or ORC corrected time), so they are often different boats. Wind is the daily mean at the start venue over the racing days; gusts and waves are the highest of those days. Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5) and marine APIs, CC BY 4.0; venue point only, not the full course.
Won it most
Boats that won here (overall, line honours or a class) in two years or more.
Podiums and class winners
2025 · 9 results
FinalSource: jk-mornar.hrAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Spirit of Pleasure · Niko Kmetović · CRO
- 2.Farabut · Lovre Perhat · CRO
- 3.Karpo · Matic Vrečko · SLO
- 1.Farabut · Lovre Perhat · CRO
- 2.Karpo · Matic Vrečko · SLO
- 3.Munjek RS · Duško Tomić · CRO
- 1.Spirit of Pleasure · Niko Kmetović · CRO
- 2.Farabut · Lovre Perhat · CRO
- 3.Ultra First · Marin Lišić · CRO
2024 · 4 results
FinalSource: regate.com.hrAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Jena Q · Petar Milun / Brigita Fernežirel. 15:19:11 · corr. 13:49:53
- 2.Farabut · Marko De Micheli Vitturicorr. 13:58:21
- 3.Troodon · Boris Žižićel. 17:26:20 · corr. 14:05:47
2023 · 4 results
FinalSource: regate.com.hrAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- LHDubrovnik · Ivo Kvestić
- 1.Jena Q · Goran Martinović / Petar Miluncorr. 17:50:34
- 2.Farabut · Marko De Micheli Vitturicorr. 18:36:11
- 3.Dubrovnik · Ivo Kvestićcorr. 18:36:48
2021 · 3 results
FinalSource: regate.com.hrAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Republica Palma de Coco · Urban Jerman / Uroš Kraševaccorr. 16:34:38
- 2.Munjek RS · Duško Tomić / Bruno Gjideracorr. 17:27:59
- 3.My Waycorr. 17:36:24
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 8.3/306.9 kn mean
- Gusts 10.2/1530.6 kn
- Sea 5.5/201.1 m waves
- Distance 19.4/25160 nm
- Duration 3.3/103 days
How the score works
Our own index, not an official rating. Five inputs, each scaled to its share of 100: mean wind (up to 25 kn → 30 points), strongest gust (45 kn → 15), highest waves (4 m → 20), course length on a log scale (700 nm → 25) and days of racing (7 days → 10). Wind and waves are ERA5 reanalysis at Split (Open-Meteo) on the race days, so an offshore course can see more than the venue does. A missing input counts as zero and is marked. Roughest edition we hold: 2021 (49).
Weather calendar · Split
Month by month at the venue, 2021–2026 (ERA5 and marine reanalysis). Race months in orange.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean windkn | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| From | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | N | N | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE |
Typical wind at Split
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Dec.
Fact sheet
For press, partners and sponsors: the race in a dozen lines, from published sources. Copy it whole; please keep the source line.
- Race
- Regata Sv. Nikola (Split - Palagruža - Komiža)
- Kind
- offshore sailing race from Split, Croatia
- Editions on record
- 4 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 16 boats (19 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 2
- Course
- 160 nautical miles
- Latest overall winner
- Spirit of Pleasure (2025)
- Organiser
- JK Mornar (Split)
- Next edition
- 6 Dec 2026
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- hjs.hr — previously recorded
- jk-mornar.hr — JK Mornar race page 'Sv. Nikola za samce i dvojce' (title only)
- total-croatia-news.com — 16th edition Dec 2017: Split – Stipanska – Glavat – round Palagruža – Komiža, 160 nm, solo and two-handed; Slovenian and Czech entrants
- blog.ultra-sailing.hr — 2017 report, route and 160 NM