S/Y POLONEZ

Shipyard yacht them. Leonida Teligi in Szczecin, undertaking the construction of the boat "Polonaise", ensured a very short construction time (approximately 6 months).
Such a short period of construction of the boat gave the Polish team additional time for good preparation of the boat and yacht captain. ż.w. Krzysztof Baranowski Polish representative to the fourth Singlehanded Transatlantic Race (Atlantic Regatta Loners). Due to the urgency, it was decided to design "Polonaise" rely on the documentation of the yacht, "Arcturus" with a sail area of ​​80 m2. During the design we developed an entirely new part of the stern of the hull and completely redesigned interior fittings and adapting to the requirements of a yacht sailing with a one-man crew. Start IV Regatta was the captain. Krzysztof Baranowski and "Polonaise" very successful, because in the group over fifty participants took 12th place. Polonaise was sailing by experts as the most elegant yacht regatta 1,972 years. Krzysztof Baranowski was not enough participation in the Regatta Loners and decided to hold a voyage around the world after the most difficult route for yachts, it is a zone of forty degrees south latitude - a zone of "roaring forties". "Polonaise" during the voyage rounded the capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn in Tasmania. This feat put the captain in a row Baranowski known loners. Very good condition of the boat, which we could watch the Parade Square in Warsaw, was a good testimony for its designers and builders.