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Howl about that! Sailors save drowning wolf

The wolf was spotted struggling in the channel port in Łeba. Sebastian Kluska

The sailing crew had been setting out from the port of Łeba in Poland on a sea cruise when they spotted the exhausted animal floundering in the water.

This Buoy! 12-year-old wins gold at international sailing world champion-ship

Józef Krasowski proved he’s ‘knot’ too bad after becoming the youngest Pole to ever win a world championship sporting event when he secured a blistering 36 point victory at the O’pen Skiff international regatta in Calsetta, Sardinia. So, how a-boat that! 

It was 40 years ago today! Anniversary marks sailor’s historic solo circumnavigation of the globe

Setting off on June 12th 1979, Henryk Jaskuła spent 344 days alone at sea before arriving in Gdynia on May 20th 1980, becoming the first Pole in history to make the voyage.

Incredible ‘white-knuckle’ memoir of first Pole to sail cross Atlantic is translated into English after being found by stepson

Written over 80 years ago, the book by cavalryman and sailor Andrzej Bohomolec and entitled The Voyage of the Yacht Dal, was found hidden among family documents. Intrigued to know more about the contents, stepson Anthony Keith had them translated. He was stunned by what he discovered.

Youth sailing festival unfurls its sails off Gdynia’s shores

The port will play host to the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships between July 13-19.

He’s Popeye the Polish man: the roots of the famous cartoon character may lie deep in central Poland

Few know that the inspiration behind the famous spinach muncher and pipe-tooting  sailor was actually a man born to Polish parents.

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Life

He’s feline fine! Kitten found hiding in closet three days after explosion tears house apart

The 1.5-year-old cat named Miluś was spotted amongst the rubble three days after a gas explosion ripped through the building of the Evangelical-Augsburg Parish in Katowice.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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