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Celebrities back campaign to restore yacht of Cold War spy Ryszard Kukliński who was forced to abandon it after defecting to the West

Although much of its history remains shrouded in rumour, it is known that Kukliński conducted some of his espionage activities on the yacht. Fundacja Jack Strong /Facebook

Celebrities including songstress Natalia Przybysz, sailing legend Roman Paszke, explorer Marek Kamiński and celebrated author Professor Norman Davies have been taken on to help raise the profile of the costly restoration project. 

Poland ranks as fifth largest exporter of yachts in Europe

Poland is the eighth largest exporter of yachts globally and the fifth in Europe, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), an advisory body to the government, reported on Thursday.

F1 champ Fernando Alonso becomes latest global sports star to commission luxury yacht from Gdańsk firm

The 40-year-old Spaniard signed a contract with international award-winning company Sunreef Yachts to build a 60ft electric catamaran that utilises all the latest in green technologies.

Luxury yacht firm scoops top prize at international awards

Measuring 21.4 m / 70.1 Ft long, with 287 m² / 3089.24 Ft² living area, the category A luxury yacht is now due to premiere at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September.

"I Love Poland" yacht takes part in regatta around Sicily

The "I Love Poland" yacht, owned by the Polish National Foundation (PFN), is taking part in the 42 Rolex Middle Sea Race regatta around Sicily, which starts from Malta on Saturday, as part of a programme to promote Poland worldwide.

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.

One dead, one missing after Polish yacht incident in Lithuania

One person died and one is missing after a Polish sailing yacht with a crew of seven capsized in the Lithuanian zone on the Baltic Sea, spokesman of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service Rafal Goeck told PAP on Monday.

Tennis champ Rafael Nadal splashes out on Polish yacht

The bespoke new 80 Sunreef Power yacht is 24-metres-long and can accommodate 14 people.

Poland is EU yacht export powerhouse - study

Poland is considered an EU leader in selling yachts exports, according to a recent study by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE).

Poland presents yacht stand at Norwegian trade fair

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) launched for the first time a national stand presenting Poland's yachting and boating sector to foreign recipients at the Norwegian International Boat Show 2019 in Oslo, PAIH has announced.

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