Fryderyk Chopin certainly needs no introduction, but in the sailing world, a ship under his name is just as famous. It was put to sea in 1992 from project Zygmunt Choreń (the same architect who designed Pogoria). Fryderyk Chopin (it is the biggest brig in the whole world) had its debut in the Columbus Regatta (across the Atlantic) and took 3rd place. It is a brig - sailing ship's type, which is very fast (the pirats' favourite type of ship). It took part in every Operation Sail since 1992 and raced against the fastest sailing ships in the world. In 2011 in The Culture Tall Ship Regatta Fryderyk Chopin was awarden two times: it has 3rd place in its class and for the best comunication with jury.
The idea of building Fryderyk Chopin is teaching youth hard work and sailing and giving them the best school of their live. This was fulfilled on Chopin's deck until a disaster - both its masts were broken by very strong wind - 11 degrees of Beaufort scale - its 60 knots (115 km/h)! It was violent storm where wave height reached 15 meters! Ship was in big trouble, especially because it was 160 km from land. Fish cutter helped Chopin, but later asked for a lot of money, which was too much. Ship had to be sold, so Piotr Kulczyński bought it. As an effect, now it's fulfilling its duty as a "blue school"- a sailing school for Polish students looking to travel the world.
General characteristics:
tonnage: 400 t
lenght: 55,5 m
depth: 3,8 m
sail area: 1200 square metre
crew: 53 personMateusz 3f
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