Yachting in Poland

According to historians, yachting in Poland was popular as early as the sixteenth century. Andrzej Zbylitowski, in his poem "Droga do Szwecyey" ["The way to Sweden"] describes the journey of King Zygmunt III.

This description may be considered the first recorded recreational sailing in Poland. Also, a type of yacht equipped in the manner of a luxurious coach, with comfortable sofas and a table, was used in 1654 to transport Lübeck nuns from a ship anchored in a roadstead in Gdańsk.

"Encyklopedia żeglarstwa" edited by J. Czajewski, published in Warsaw, 1996, by Polish Scientific Publishers PWN