In 1975, Letnik bought the larger "Jadran" from the Yugoslav government for $1 million and moored it alongside the "Normac", operating it as a second restaurant. The "Jadran" was one of three luxury cruise ships built in Split in 1957; it was one of 3 "J" Class passenger ferries built for Jadrolinija (Jadranska Linijska Plovidba company) at the Brodogradiliste shipyard, its sister ships being MS Jugoslavija and MS Jedinstvo. For several years the Jadran operated as a luxury cruise ship in the Adriatic and Aegean seas and later served as a private ocean-going presidential yacht for Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito and his entourage.