POGORIA
Nationality - Polish
Home - Gdynia
Lenght overall - 48 m
Professional Crew - 3
Volunteer Officers - 5
Trainees - 40
FOR FOREIGN TRAINEES
Foreign trainees are strongly recommended to go into files attached below before voyage onboard Pogoria. Thank you!
Pogoria Trainees' Guidelines
Pogoria Rigging Plan
Pogoria Deck Plan
HISTORY
The Pogoria was built in 1979-80 in Gdansk, for the Iron Shackle Fraternity, a sail training
organisation linked with Polish Television. She was launched on January 23rd, 1980 and made
her international debut, barely a few weeks after completion, in the 1980 Tall
Ships Race Kiel - Karlskrona - Frederikshavn - Amsterdam and the windjammer
gathering in Bremerhaven that followed.
In the southern Summer of 1980-81 she was chartered by the Polish Academy of Sciences as a
relief vessel for a Polish scientific station on King George Island in the
South Shetlands (Antarctica). On that voyage she called also at Stanley in the
Falklands and in South Georgia.
The Pogoria took part in the 1982 Tall Ships Races Falmouth-Cadiz-Lisbon-Southampton. That
winter she sailed in the Canaries and the following summer in the Baltic. From
September 1983 to May 1984 she sailed for the ęClass Afloatł project with young
Poles and some young (and a few ęadultł) Westerners on a clockwise
circumnavigation of Africa, with a loop around Bombay and Colombo.
From 1985 until the end of 1991 she was under virtual full-time charter to the Canadian
Educational Alternative of Ottawa and Montreal, working with school afloat
(with breaks only for maintenance holidays). She had a Polish crew of 9 and 20-40
Canadian students and their teachers. In 1985 she made another circumnavigation
of Africa. The voyage ended in Montreal and she sailed back to Poland, by way
of the New York Op Sail `86. In 1987-88 she sailed around the world. Since then
she has been operating in the Atlantic between Europe and West Indies, the USA
and Canada. The charter ended at Capetown before Christmas 1991 and then the
Pogoria set sails for home, for another refit which took place in 1993 and was
financed by the City of Gdynia and the Sailing Foundation of Gdynia became the
co-owner of the ship. Right after the refit Pogoria joined the
cruise-in-company and the second leg of 1993 Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races Bergen - Larvik - Esbjerg.
In 1994 she sailed across Atlantic to join the series of Maritime Festivals on the Great Lakes.
In 1995 the Sail Training Association Poland became the shipłs operator and Pogoria entered the
Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races Edinburgh - Bremerhaven - Frederikshavn - Amsterdam. In 1996 the operator
has chosen the Mediterranean series of Cutty Sark Genoa - Palma - Naples. The
following years the ship participated i The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races every
Summer. In 1999, in Aalborg, the final port of the race series "Pogoria" won
the most important and prestigious award - the Cutty Sark Trophy. The winners
of this award are the crew and the ship which contributed the most to
international understanding and friendship during the series of races.
In 2000 "Pogoria" successfully completed the Tall Ships 2000 on the route Genoa - Cadiz - Bermuda -
ports on the eastern coast of the US - Boston - Halifax - Amsterdam. Every
Summer "Pogoria" participates in the Cutty Sark Tall Shipsł Races. Since
1999/2000 the ship has been operated in Winter in the Mediterranean from the
base in Genoa in cooperation with STA Italia.
ON BOARD
Trainees live in the 4, 8,10 and 12 persons cabins, each of them has his/her own bunk. They are
divided into four watches of 8-10 each. Three of those do four hours on watch
and eight off while the fourth one is the galley watch, helping the cook and
keeping the ship tidy. Most of the watch time is spent on look-out, taking the
helm, keeping the log and trimming sails. One doesnłt have to go aloft, but
most trainees do for the experience and thrill of handling square sails.
The permanent crew consists of Chief Mate, Boatswain, Engineer, Motorman and Cook with voluntary
Master and four mates. The usual trainee age is between 15 and 25.
PROGRAMME
The "Pogoria" is operated all the year round with short brakes for overhaul. Her operations area for Automn, Winter and Spring is Mediterranean with the base in Genoa thanks to cooperation with STA Italia. In Summer "Pogoria" is a keen participant of the Tall Ships Races organized by Sail Training International and other maritime events.
May - September - cruise to USA and Canada
September - "Pogoria" will make short cruises to return to Genoa in November for winter operation in the Mediterranean.
CONTACT
Sail Training Association POLAND
ul. Witomińska 50, 81-303 Gdynia , Poland
Phone ++48 58 6206225 fax ++48 58 6206225
