Poland is a leading manufacturer of yachts in Europe YACHTS Project co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund YACHTS TABLE OF 1. POLAND 1. PROMOTION OF POLISH CONTENTS ECONOMY – a PLAN OF ACTION 1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION In order to provide the necessary support for areas 1. Poland Location: Central Europe of Polish economy with highest export potential, 1.1 Poland Population: 8,5 million the Ministry of Economy has implemented a plan – general information to support the international promotion of 15 key Area: 575 km 1. Poland economy areas, within OPIE 6.5.1 - 6.5. co-fi- – economic information Coastline (the Baltic Sea): 84 km nanced by the European Union funds. The -year- long plan is the largest so far international activ- 1. Promotion of Polish GDP increase in 2010 and 2011 3,8% ity aiming at the promotion of Polish economy economy abroad. – a plan of action 1. EcONOMIC INFORMATION 1.4 Yachts as products for Poland belongs to those European countries export – commercial data which develop at the fastest pace. Even the 2. Yachting industry present global crisis has not impeded the devel- opment and its dynamics. .1 History of the yachting industry . Present situation . Influence on the economy 3. Poland as a country of water tourism .1 General data . Regions most significant for water tourism 4. Successes in sports POLAND 1 YACHTS 1.4 YACHTS AS PRODUCTS Graph 1: Polish boats and yachts - export value 2. YACHTING INDUSTRY 195 - Poland enters IYRU and is accepted, with FOR EXPORT between 2006 and 2011 (in EUR million) letters PZ serving as Poland’s international iden- Source: Data of Polish Central Statistical Office tification mark placed on the sails. The yachting sector accounts for 0.15% of the .1 HISTOry OF THE YACHTING 1948 - A sailing and yachting training centre is total value of exports of Poland. Export consti- INDUSTry opened in Jastarnia. The members of PZŻ (Polish tutes 90% of the production of the yachting sec- „Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse.” Yachting Association) have 86 ballasted yachts tor itself. Due to a very significant role in the even Pompeius uttered these words when although regional development of Poland, as well as to and 00 centreboard yachts at their disposal, there was a storm raging at sea, the Roman tri- rebuilt from ruins. In Poznań, the first post-war the number of created jobs and the huge export umvir had to set his sails immediately. Only much potential, yachting industry has become one of Polish Sailing Championship is organised. later did these words become a proverb, and are Polish Export Specialties. 1951 - PYA and other yachting and sailing clubs are now used constantly when one wants to under- closed by the government, which perceives the line the pleasures of sailing for pleasure - as life lifestyle of the members as bourgeois and con- without sailing is less happy and not necessary. trary to country’s official ideology.T he sailors end The Polish yachting industry may boast of hun- up in National Defense League. Gross Domestic Product, according to the World Bank dreds of years of tradition. Poland’s fight for the 195 - First Polish Maritime Sailing Champion- Updated on 05 June 2012 coastline was the driving force for Poles numer- ships take place in Gdańska Bay - maritime yachts ous times throughout our country’s history. Both were not allowed outside the Bay at that time. political and engineering activities were thus pow- ered; among others, the Augustowski Channel in 1954 - First Warsaw-Bydgoszcz regatta had the 19th century and the construction of Gdynia 6 stages; 81 yachts participated. Harbour in 190s - which both still fill Polish hearts 1956-58 - The regatta is extended to the route with pride. Warszawa - Gdańsk. Boatbuilding has for ages been a natural part of December 1956 - Polish Yachting Association is re- life for inhabitants of small remote towns sur- activated. 1957 - Zygfryd Perlicki and his crew on rounded by lakes, rivers and forests. With time, Korsarz yacht win the international Baltic Cup. It is it became a thriving industry, as new challenges the first post-war victory of a Polish yacht. arose together with the indus- trial development. The most important are as follows: August 8, 19 - Władysław GDP increase rate, according to the World Bank Wagner sets sail from Gdynia Updated on 05 June 2012 Harbour on his Zjawa yacht; af- ter several changes of the yacht but retaining its name, he fin- ishes as the first Pole a voyage around the world in 199. June 5, 1933 - Andrzej Bo- homolec, Jan Witkowski and Jerzy Świechowski sail on Dal yacht (8.5 m in length) to Chi- cago, for the World Exhibi- tion. Their yacht is currently in Gdańsk’s Maritime Museum. 4 5 YACHTING INDUSTRY 2 YACHTS 1958 - Poland establishes the contact with IYRU which point he purchased it. He sailed without the . PRESENT SITUATION Polish yachting industry was consolidating between again; its delegate is Wł. Głowacki. auxiliary motor, as he simply lacked one. 1990-01, as regards technology, designs, produc- After 1989, Polish yachting industry underwent tion methods and flagship products such as: 1966 - Błażej Wyszkowski and Wojtek Nowicki be- The real ‘boom’ started, however, after 1990. State very fast and dynamic development. Poland be- luxurious vessels produced on ship owners’ come world champions in Cadet sailing. The cruise enterprises were bankrupting; their employers came one of the world leaders in production of orders, finished in accordance with detailed of Śmiały yacht with Captain Bolesław Kowalski started to set up their own companies. With the boats and yachts. In the record-breaking 008, agreements. Luxurious catamarans, both sail ends. The yacht circumnavigated South America, knowledge and experience, they quickly learned over 000 vessels left Polish yacht dockyards. and power, which may compete with the big- crossing Strait of Magellan. Ludomir Mączka and their ropes in the new reality. gest vessels of this class produced globally. Krzysztof Baranowski belonged to the crew. 1967 - 1969 - The first solitary cruise of a Pole around the world. Leonid Teliga achieves his goal on the same yacht (Opty). 1967 - Swarożyc yacht, with Captain Wacław Lisk- iewicz, after sailing for 4905 NM, for the first time in history gets at a distance of 70 NM to the North Pole. 197-7 - Krzysztof Baranowski’s cruise around the world on Polonez yacht. 1976 - 1978 - Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz on Mazurek yacht circumnavigated the globe as the first woman in the world, sailing for 8696 NM. 1977 - Andrzej Urbańczyk on Nord III yacht, for the first time in Polish sailing history, crosses North Pacific in a solitary cruise along the routeS an Fran- cisco - Hawaii - Yokohama, in 76 days. 1979 - In June, Captain Henryk Jaskuła sets sail on Dar Przemyśla from Gdynia Harbour, on a cruise around the world without calling at any ports. No help, either from the land or from the sea, may be accepted during such a cruise. So far, only three sailors in the world have completed such a cruise. He comes back in May 1980 after 44 days and having sailed for 32000 NM. He circumnavigates three capes in this Gdynia-Gdynia cruise, which was exceptional due to the fact that until then, no one during a solitary cruise and without any contact with the land circumnavigated the globe via the Baltic Sea, Danish straits, the North Sea and the English Channel. 1980 - Kuba Jaworski is the first in the monohull class in OSTAR regatta, with Spaniel II yacht. Af- ter four years of solitary voyage around the globe, Zbigniew Puchalski comes back on Miranda. Pucha- lski went on this extraordinary cruise on a yacht built in 195 and destined for scrapping in 1969 - at 6 7 YACHTING INDUSTRY 2 YACHTS Large monohull power yacht are produced that centuries-old boating knowledge, wooden yachts combine designs of perfect nautical parameters are often produced, yet yachts are also made from with very modern interior design. aluminium, steel and carbon fibres, as well as middle-sized and small yachts of vessel opera- from the most popular material, polyester resin tors: These yachts are destined for inshore sail- with glass fibres. Even this most classic technol- ing, on channels, rivers and lakes. As regards ogy undergoes changes, improvements and mod- their comfort and equipment, they may com- ernisation. pete with much bigger units. The range of products of Polish yacht construc- sailing boats from 5 to 10 m long, which com- tors is very wide - several dozens of models, of bine simplicity of operation with very good be- length varying from to over 0 m. Sailing boats haviour on water. include centreboard yachts, ballasted yachts and motor boats from 4 to 8 m long for weekend centreboard-ballasted yachts, as well as modern trips and angling, with numerous very innova- solutions, such as hydraulically-powered dagger- tive technical solutions. boards. They are designed for inshore and inland in the recent years, also the very dynamically sailing. Certain wonderful constructions allow developing sector of housing boats that reach sailors to go on ocean voyages on boats shorter the length of several metres. than 8 m, or on voyage around the world on boats A true and interesting side note: the Polish yacht- not longer than 9 m. Bigger construction allow for ation and good performance results are the main The boats produced are renowned in the industry ing industry is ready now to build almost any very comfortable and safe sailing any time and characteristics of these yachts. for their high quality and perfect workmanship yacht imagined by the owner, regardless of the anywhere, in any conditions and at any latitude.