February 11, 2020 – One of the most amazing projects in Croatia in 2019 is to be continued as RokOtok 2020, just like Domagoj Jakopović Ribafish announced after successfully finishing the first leg of his mission.
We followed Domagoj’s story last summer, and we encourage you to read more about it if you missed it before. To summarise, Domagoj Jakopović Ribafish, a Croatian blogger and online personality decided to swim between the 50 inhabited islands in Croatia, in order to commemorate the life of his beloved son Rok who passed away tragically at the age of 12 (and who was in love with the Croatian Adriatic sea and the islands).
In 2019, Ribafish managed to connect the 17th southernmost Croatian inhabited islands by swimming. After this accomplishment, he went on to talk about the RokOtok project in schools and libraries all over Croatia and promote his project with various events (and also host a TV cooking show). Domagoj received an award given by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs,Traffic, and Infrastructure, for his promotion of maritime culture.
And now, Domagoj is getting ready for this year’s “season” of RokOtok 2020: swimming between 17 more inhabited islands in Croatia. Domagoj announced on his Facebook page that the route has been finalised, the boat has been rented, the crew is almost completely finalised too, he has supposedly hit the gym in order to get ready… Here’s the route for RokOtok 2020:
July 5: Brodarica – Krapanj (port) – 0.2 nautical miles – 370 m
The welcome on Krapanj is expected at 10 am, and 2 hours are planned to be spent with the children (same goes to all other islands)
July 6: Krapanj (Western Port) – Zlarin (Bay Vodena) – 1.7 nm – 3148m
Welcome on Zlarin at 10am
July 7: Zlarin (Vela Oštrica) – Prvić (Lovrenčevića Cape) – 1.5nm – 2778m
Welcome on Prvić at 10am
July 8: Zlarin – Kaprije 4,5 nm. – 8334m
Welcome on Kaprije at 6pm
Rest day
July 10: Kaprije (SE entrance to the Channel) – Žirje (Cape Muna) – 1,7nm – 3148m
Welcome on Žirje at 10am
July 11: Kaprije – Murter 2,8nm – 5185m
Welcome on Murter at 10am
Rest day
July 13: Murter – Vrgada 2,3 nm – 4259m
Welcome on Vrgada at 10am
July 14: Vrgada – Pašman 2,2 nm – 4074m
Welcome on Pašman at 10am
Rest day
July 16: Pašman (Artina) – Ugljan (Cape Zaglav) – 0,1nm – 200m
Welcome on Ugljan (Kukljica) at 10am
July 17: Ugljan (Kali) – Ošljak – 0,5nm – 926m
Welcome on Ošljak at 10am
Rest day
July 19: Ugljan (Northern Cape) – Rivanj – 0,2 nm – 380m
Welcome on Rivanj at 10am
July 20: Rivanj – Sestrunj – 0,4nm – 750m
Welcome on Sestrunj at 10am
July 21: Sestrunj – Zverinac – 1,3nm – 2407m
Welcome on Zverinac at 10am
July 22: Ugljan – Iž (next to Dumboka bay) – 1,7 nm – 3148m
Welcome on Iž at 10am
July 23: Iž – Rava – 0,9nm – 1670m
Welcome on Rava at 10am
Rest day
July 25: Rava – Dugi Otok – 0,4nm – 750m
Welcome on Dugi Otok (Veli Rat) at 10am
July 26: Welcome in Sali at 6 pm
July 27 Dugi Otok – Kornat – 1,25nm – 2315m
Welcome at 10am
Rest day
29.07. Ošljak – Ugljan (Preko) – 0,5nm – 926m
Welcome at 6pm
(It’s still not known if Ribafish’s new companion, the adorable Dživo, will be joining him on the boat this year. We’ll report when that crucial info becomes available.)