Between June 20-24, 2022, the first international university nautical competition took place, celebrating the 150th anniversary of maritime education in Romania. The event was organized by "Mircea cel Batran" Naval Academy of Constanța, at the nautical base from Palazu Mare, on Lake Siutghiol. The competition started with six crews (yachting and kayaking) from "Mircea cel Bătrân" Naval Academy, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați, the Polish Naval Academy from Gdynia (Poland), the Military University of Technology from Warsaw (Poland), and the Nicola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna, Bulgaria.

DJUG was represented by the Faculty of Naval Architecture, which selected, for this meeting, three third-year students specializing in Naval Architecture. Constantinescu Florin and Dragoș Andi Florinel (yellow kayak), together with Ștefan Răzvan Cristian (green kayak) and Manuela Nechita (team coordinator), participated in the double kayak test finishing the 1000 m race after 8 minutes 40 seconds (90 seconds after the first place), respectively 10 minutes 20 seconds.

The two tests of the nautical competition were won by crews from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw (Poland). The training of the students from Galaţi was carried out at the nautical base of CSM Dunărea on Cătușa Lake under the guidance of coach Mihai Munteanu, to whom many thanks are addressed from the Faculty of Naval Architecture.