About us

In the 17th century on the Apennine Peninsula the Dalmatian county, the biggest part of the Croatian Adriatic Coast, was called Terra nauta – land of seaman. It is obvious that the skills and numerousness of Dalmatian seamen were appreciated in the homeland of Colombo and Vespucci.

Maritime and shipbuilding tradition in Dalmatia have a long history. To those who build ships and those who sail – no country is too far. Seamen from Dalmatia have sailed not only in the Mediterranean, but in all world seas, where they acquired new knowledge.

From one of those voyages someone arrived in Terra nauta on guc, a very old type of strong and endurable semi-displacement ship. Thanks to extremely good navigational characteristics, guc  became  popular  in  Dalmatia  very quickly.

Argument  in  favor  of  guc  reliability  and efficiency  lies in the  fact that  her basic line remained  unchanged for almost two thousand years up to now throughout Mediterranean Basin.

Guc was always considered as exclusively working ship. None of its routs were spectacularly long, none of the guc captains became famous with great research and discoveries, there is no book written about guc, no adventurous movie, but her time arrived…time for rest from hard work…time for pleasure…only pleasure…

Terra nauta unites key elements of a long history of guc and meets modern nautical standards by combining safety with beauty, charm with strength of materials, challenge with reliability and simplicity with luxury.