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Wielkopolska, like the Polonia yacht, was built in the Szczecin yacht shipyard according to the plans of Leon Tumiłowicz. The units are identical to each other. The only difference is the companionway solution and the material of the sheathing. Polonia has a larch hull, and Wielkopolska has a mahogany hull. The yacht was launched on July 22, 1962. In 1965, there was a dangerous event for the crew and the yacht. South of Öland on the night of November 1, during a storm with a force of 9 ° B, it was decided to evacuate the yacht, the English ship "Sun Jerry" helped, which successfully took up the crew. Wielkopolska, unfortunately, traced on the beach. Wielkopolska later sailed for many miles, including in the years 1980-1995 she made a number of voyages under the command of Capt. Zbigniew Ornaf to Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian ports. More: https://www.3oceans.pl/historia,t20/