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60 years ago, Croatian writer Joza Horvat sailed around the world on a ship with an Albanian name - "Besa"

2025-11-15 15:58:43Histori SHKRUAR NGA ENVER ROBELLI
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In the distant year 1965, shipbuilders from the city of Pula in Croatia handed over a ship to the writer Joza Horvat, which he christened with an Albanian name - “Besa”. The name was also a promise that Horvat and his four-member crew would manage to sail the world with their modest, 15-meter-long ship. As the Croatian newspaper Novi List writes, the ship “Besa” became synonymous with discovering other cultures and facing dangers on the high seas. No one in the then Yugoslavia had risked such an adventure.

According to legend, many of Horvat's friends told him that he would never succeed in sailing around the world. It is said that Horvat responded by saying that he was giving them his Albanian word of honor - that is, his oath - that he would sail around the world.

60 years ago, Croatian writer Joza Horvat sailed around the world on a ship with

Horvat was the screenwriter of the film “Ciguli Miguli”, which was criticized by the League of Communists of Croatia for its alleged anti-socialist oppositionism. During the voyage, Horvat kept a diary and published texts in the newspaper Vjesnik u Srijedu (VUS). These texts Horvat expanded and published in two volumes: the diaries are titled “Besa 1” and “Besa 2”.

60 years ago, Croatian writer Joza Horvat sailed around the world on a ship with

The Vjesnik newspaper supported his journey with $1,500, while the Croatian diaspora contributed $500. During the voyage, Horvat and his companions faced various problems - from storms to political tensions. They passed through the Suez Canal a few days before the third Arab-Israeli war broke out. The Suez Canal remained closed until 1975.

After two years of sailing around the world, the ship "Besa" appeared on July 4, 1967 in the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro, where it was welcomed by local politicians of the time and many citizens. According to Croatian nautical experts, the ship "Besa" is still sailing and is anchored in a small port in Split.

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