The historical regatta on the route Komiža-Palagruža in historical fishing boats was re-established on the 4th of September 2009. For centuries, the fishermen sailed to Palagruža, which is 42 nm away from Komiža, to fish sardines which were then salted in barrels on the beach over there and brought in gaettas Falkuša to the barracks in Komiža by the end of the fishing dark. As a rowing regatta, "Rota Palagruzona" was the longest marathon in the world, a unique venture which required limits of human physical capabilities to be exceeded.