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New York '90

V KONKURS LITERACKI

Ju¿ po raz pi¹ty organizujemy Konkurs Literacki na utwór wierszem

lub proz¹ o tematyce morskiej.

G³ówn¹ nagrod¹ jest czarter du¿ego kabinowego jachtu na Mazurach.

Utwory nale¿y przesy³aæ na adres redakcji (929 64 St., Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA)

lub poczt¹ elektroniczn¹ na adres:

mediacomp@pipeline.com do koñca lutego 2003 r.

Utwory prosimy podpisaæ pseudonimem, a prawdziwe imiê, nazwisko oraz adres prosimy umieœciæ w zaklejonej kopercie (nie

dotyczy emaili), która zostanie otwarta po zakoñczeniu konkursu.

Serdecznie zapraszamy do udzia³u w konkursie!!

Redakcja

V KONKURS LITERACKI

Ju¿ po raz pi¹ty organizujemy Konkurs Literacki na utwór wierszem

lub proz¹ o tematyce morskiej.

G³ówn¹ nagrod¹ jest czarter du¿ego kabinowego jachtu na Mazurach.

Utwory nale¿y przesy³aæ na adres redakcji (929 64 St., Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA)

lub poczt¹ elektroniczn¹ na adres:

mediacomp@pipeline.com do koñca lutego 2003 r.

Utwory prosimy podpisaæ pseudonimem, a prawdziwe imiê, nazwisko oraz adres prosimy umieœciæ w zaklejonej kopercie (nie

dotyczy emaili), która zostanie otwarta po zakoñczeniu konkursu.

Serdecznie zapraszamy do udzia³u w konkursie!!

Redakcja

SAIL FOR AMERICA

THOUSANDS OF SAILBOATS TO CONVERGE ON NY HARBOR;

GREATEST PATRIOTIC GATHERING OF SAILBOATS IN HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On Saturday, September 14, 2002, sailors from around the country will bring their boats to New York Harbor. T housands of boats will participate.

This will be the greatest patriotic gathering of sailboats in the history of the United States of America.

"Sail for America will be three things," said Michael Fortenbaugh, Chairman of the Organizing Committee. "First, it will be a memorial to the people who were lost. Second, it will be a symbolic rebirth for the City of New York.

Third, it will be a tribute to the soaring spirit of America - out of great tragedy and destruction, we create a symbol of hope and beauty."

Sail for America is being organized by a volunteer committee of more than 80 yacht clubs and other organizations. This committee has come together under the umbrella of the New York Harbor Sailing Foundation.

"This is something sailors all over the nation feel very strongly about," says Paul Olsen, President of the New York Harbor Sailing Foundation. "We want to come to New York Harbor and sail in the memory of the people who were lost. We want to show solidarity with the City of New York. We want to remember and help heal."

Sail for America is endorsed by US SAILING, the National Governing Body of the Sport of Sailing. Dave Rosekrans, president writes, "We at US SAILING, the National Governing Body for the Sport of Sailing, would like to thank you and the other volunteers who are making 'Sail for America' a possibility. The memories of this symbolic rebirth for the city of New York and a tribute to the soaring spirit of America will certainly last a lifetime. I encourage all U.S. sailors, yacht clubs, and sailing organizations to make this gathering for all." (c.d. na str. 2)

WIELKI SUKCES POLONIJNYCH JACHTÓW W REGATACH

NEWPORT - BERMUDA

Trzy polonijne jachty startuj¹ce w Regatach Newport - Bermuda piêknie siê spisa³y zajmuj¹c wysokie miejsca. Wiêcej o tych regatach w ¯eglarzu Multimedialnym.

WIELKI SUKCES POLONIJNYCH JACHTÓW W REGATACH

NEWPORT - BERMUDA

Trzy polonijne jachty startuj¹ce w Regatach Newport - Bermuda piêknie siê spisa³y zajmuj¹c wysokie miejsca. Wiêcej o tych regatach w ¯eglarzu Multimedialnym.

POLARK¥ DO GRENLANDII

Poni¿szy tekst zamieszczamy dziêki uprzejmoœci jego autora,kapitana Jaros³awa Hruzewicza, który zgodzi³ siê

(ju¿ dawno...) na publikacjê swoich prywatnych listów do

“obcojêzycznych” przyjació³. Dziêkujemy! (red.) S/V "Polarka" left Szczecin, Poland, on July 1st 2001 with the crew of eight. Four young people left the boat in Denmark and Norway. Rest of us, three Czechs and one Pole stopped for a few hours in Kristiansand, Norway to buy a gasket and some fresh food. It is a very pretty old town crowded with beautiful and extremely bored young people from all over Europe on summer vacation. We are leaving at the daybreak, i.e. at about 3 am, heading for Iceland, with possible stopovers at Shetland and Faroes Islands. The weather has been rather kind so far; having some more wind would be nice. We have small language problem as one of the Czechs does not speak Polish nor English. He is making some progress in both, as I am in Czech. Another Polish American, Marcel, will join us in Iceland on July 31. My daily breathing treatments became unnecessary a few days ago.

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POLARK¥ DO GRENLANDII

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Poni¿szy tekst zamieszczamy dziêki uprzejmoœci jego autora,kapitana Jaros³awa Hruzewicza, który zgodzi³ siê

(ju¿ dawno...) na publikacjê swoich prywatnych listów do

“obcojêzycznych” przyjació³. Dziêkujemy! (red.) S/V "Polarka" left Szczecin, Poland, on July 1st 2001 with the crew of eight. Four young people left the boat in Denmark and Norway. Rest of us, three Czechs and one Pole stopped for a few hours in Kristiansand, Norway to buy a gasket and some fresh food. It is a very pretty old town crowded with beautiful and extremely bored young people from all over Europe on summer vacation. We are leaving at the daybreak, i.e. at about 3 am, heading for Iceland, with possible stopovers at Shetland and Faroes Islands. The weather has been rather kind so far; having some more wind would be nice. We have small language problem as one of the Czechs does not speak Polish nor English. He is making some progress in both, as I am in Czech. Another Polish American, Marcel, will join us in Iceland on July 31. My daily breathing treatments became unnecessary a few days ago.

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SAIL FOR AMERICA

Sail for America will fill New York Harbor with thousands of sailboats on Saturday, September 14. Boats will begin arriving on Thursday and Friday before the event.

At 9 a.m. on Saturday, boats already in the harbor will raise their sails and begin sailing. Many other boats will wait until Saturday to enter the harbor. They will arrive in three great parades which will meet off Ground Zero. The first parade will come down the Hudson River from above the George Washington Bridge.

The second parade will come down the East River from Long Island Sound. The third parade will come up the harbor from the Atlantic Ocean. These parade will meet off Ground Zero at 12 noon.

"Sail for America will be a day of visual beauty," said Michael Fortenbaugh. "The harbor will be filled with boats which are sailing. This will not be a static parade. It will be a fluid event with boats actively sailing. People will look out onto the harbor and see a beautiful and quiet image of beauty. We believe this an appropriate way to remember and help heal."

"Sailors are coming from all over the nation," said Paul Olsen. "We have received messages from many people who lost loved ones on 9/11 and who wish to come sail in their memory on this day.

We also have received messages from patriotic Americas who feel it is their duty to come sail here as part of Sail for America."

In addition to the general sailing, there will be some parades and memorial races.

One parade being considered will honor the rescue boats of 9/11. These are the tugs, ferries, police boats, fire boats, char- ter boats and other vessels which help evacuate people from lower Manhattan on 9/11.

"We have asked the rescue boats of 9/11 to form a parade at 2 p.m. and then steam up the harbor form the Verrazano Bridge to Manhattan," said Fortenbaugh.

"The nation wishes to recognize these heroic boats and their captains and crew."

Racing sailors will also be staging several memorial competitions in the harbor on this day. The Third Lady Liberty Regatta will bring some of the top women sailors in the nation to compete near the Statue of Liberty. The 35th Annual Mayors Cup Schooner Race organized by the South Street Seaport Museum will bring many historic boats to the harbor. And the Sail for America Organizing Committee will be running races for other keelboat classes including PHRF, IMS and One-Design boat categories.

The Sail for America Organizing Commit- tee is also reaching out for more ideas about how to increase the healing quali- ties of this important patriotic day. A let- ter is being distributed to individuals and

groups who lost family members or loved ones on 9/11 asking for their input and participation in the creation process.

"This is first and foremost a day of remembrance," said Fortenbaugh. "We are a grass roots volunteer effort and we are reaching out as wide as possible to bring good ideas to life. An example is Cathy DeRubbio, the wife of a firefighter who lost her brother-in-law on 9/11. She came to me with an incredible idea which we are now trying to implement."

Ms. DeRubbio's vision is to remember the firefighters who were lost by having individual flags made in memory of each one and then flying them in the harbor on that day. The Organizing Committee has adopted this vision

but expanded it to include not just firefighters, but every person lost on 9/11.

"This is a large undertaking, but we believe in this vision," said Fortenbaugh.

"We are reaching out the flag manufactures across the country asking them to participate in this event by donating flags. If every company would donate 10 or 20 flags, this vision will come to life."

Sail for America will be Saturday, September 14. On Sunday, September 15, Around Alone, the single-handed round-the-world race, was scheduled to start from Newport, RI. Now, because of Sail for America, the round-the-world race and the Newport organizers has decided to divert their fleet to join Sail for America and show solidarity with the City of New York. This is an historic act which will be remember in the annuals of sailing.

Now, the Around Alone fleet of 20 state- of-the-art single-handed racing

machines will depart Newport on Thursday, September 12 and arrive in NewYork Harbor on Friday, September 13.

The Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum will serve as host for this fleet and the boats will be available for viewing.

Then on Sunday, September 15, as the final act of Sail for America, the single- handed round-the-world race will start from off Ground Zero. The start is scheduled for 12 noon. This will be the first round-the-world race ever to start from New York City.

"The symbolism of this round-the-world race coming to New York to remember the victims and to help us heal is incredible,"

said Fortenbaugh. "We would like to thank Sir Robin Knox-Johnston who had the vision to consider this move. We would also like to thank the people of Newport and Rhode Island who are generously sending their fleet to show solidarity with the City of New York. We have had to endure great hardship since 9/11 and standing on the seawall and watching the round-the-world fleet depart as the final act of this whole memorial week will be very emotional."

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Sunday, July 15. We are at 61 N and 11 W, about 250 miles SE of Iceland and 500 miles of Reykjavik. Upon leaving Kristiansand, Norway, we got a couple of days of fine weather. Making a good progress with favorable winds we decided not to stop at Shetland Islands.

Well, as we have left The Hole, a sound between Shetland Is. and Fair I., the wind piped up and backed to NE, then to N. We tried to claw our way to Faroe Is., but the progress was slower and slower with winds up at 8 Beaufort now. Next morning, our jib started parting at its head so down it went. Main, with three reefs was making little difference and, occasionally, a lot of noise, so Ruda decided to spend next twelve hours lying ahull. Long-legged Polarka (10 ft.

drought) with tons of lead at her fin-keel was gracefully bobbing up and down in the big and confused seas. It beat hands down beating towards Faroes so we all appreciated Ruda's decision; which was greatly helped with our weather fax, by the way. We knew the bad weather was expected to be over in about 20 hrs.

But, no stop at Faroes...

We hoisted sails in the evening, the jib repaired, and started moving towards Iceland. Well, on Friday and then on Saturday we had to motor for a few hours!

The weather faxes are consistently showing highs all around, with two shallow, shy lows, both at 1004 hP(!), SW of us. This suits us fine, as we are moving at 5 knots with a light southerly. The weather is cold but nice and sunny.

Today, the first whale was sighted about 1/2 cable away on the port. My many layers of Polartec thermals and breathable Explorer foulies (inexpensive West Marine) have kept me dry and warm during the days of good blow and rain.

Sunday, July 22.

We are about 20 miles west of Reykjavik, moving smartly in a smooth sea. The wea- ther has been incredibly kind all the time:

sunny, light to moderate winds, with just a few passing showers over the whole last week. We stopped for a couple of days at Heimaey, the biggest and the only inhabi- ted of Westmann Islands, SE of SW cor- ner of Iceland. The harbor is well protec-

ted by huge volcanic rocks. The most re- cent eruption in 1973 almost locked the harbor with a molten lava flow. A small neat town of 5000 is mostly in business of fishing and fish processing. People are nice but somewhat reserved. We tied up to a 44 ft sailboat with a friendly bunch of Dutchman. Next day, we spent time wal- king around the island and admiring the sinister volcanic scenery. The southern- most of Westmann Is., Surtsey, was crea- ted by an undersea volcanic eruption in 1963. It was a weird feeling to look at an island younger then myself.

As they say in all guidebooks, Iceland is an island of a striking beauty: high cliffs, barren mountains, glaciers, volcanoes and all. This scenery was somewhat softened for us by a hazy air, as we sailed along the southern coast of the island, glaciers shining in the sun.

In the evening we tied up to a floating dock in the Reykjavik harbor at 9 PM.

Last 3 hours was all motoring. The ap- proach and entrance to the harbor were fairly simple. Several orcas (killer whales) were sighted playing off the island. We will spend about two weeks here, waiting for Marcel H. to arrive from The United States, so there will be plenty of time to see the island. On a negative note, I caught a bad cold last week and had to resume my daily breathing treatments but, it is still not bad at all.

Tuesday, July 31:

We are leaving tomorrow, weather per- mitting. The forecast says SW winds, 10 to 15 knits for the balance of the week.

Not too good. Last four days were rather busy: relocating our radar, installing Aries windvane, smart voltage regulator, etc.

We did a three days sightseeing car tour through Iceland and saw most of the mandatory sites. The high point was a six hours hike from Dalvik to Olafsjordur, over a snow covered mountain ridge. All was quite interesting, rather unique and obviously worthy to see, but surely not as fascinating as the guide books would like us to believe. We would love to make at least one week trip, but....the sailors job has to be done by himself, unless he has a lot of money.

The Dutch S/V "Di Di Z" arrived to Rey- kjavik a week ago and it was real great to see our new friends (Westman Is.) again.

A Polish S/V "Merkury" from Gdansk (Gryf, LOK, Cap. Karol Listwin) stayed in

Reykjavik for a week and we had a chance to socialize a bit with her friendly crew.

A few things we have not found in the guide books, but heard from the locals:

- "Iceland" is a corrupted "Island" – mea- ning "Land of gods" in some ancient Nor- dic dialect. Apparently, the Vikings belie- ved that an island appearing on the hori- zon was a top of the head of a god wal- king on the bottom of the sea.

- Name "Greenland" comes from the gre- en Northern Lights seen by Eric the Red and not from his dishonest effort to en- courage his compatriots to colonize the island.

- Vikings rarely had to rape women of the pillaged lands. Due to their propensity to bath very often, so rare at the time, they represented such an attractive alternative to those ladies, that they could not help but follow their clean conquerors. And the screams were those of pleasure and happiness.

Notes:

S/V "Polarka", a Ferrum 44, was built by Ruda Krautschneider in Czechoslovakia and finished in Szczecin, Poland in 1989.

She is a very strong steel sloop of a Polish design. Ruda sailed her around the world and around Antarctica with a crew of two Czechs in 1989 - 1993. Then, she was sailed mostly in Baltic and North Seas, quite frequently during the winter.

Ruda Krautschneider, a 58 years old ow- ner and captain of Polarka, has about a quarter million miles under his belt. He started sailing in Poland in early 1960's. In 1972 he built his first boat "Vela", a 24 ft.

wooden sloop and sailed her to western Africa and Greenland. His next boat was a 33 ft. steel sloop "Polka" and then "Po- larka". In 1998 -1999 he organized a group of young Czechs and build "Victo- ria" a 21-meter wooden replica of Magel- lan's ship. In the course of the project the team wore down to six people who are sailing "Victoria" to Canary Is. right now, with the intention to follow the Magellan's route.

Ruda, after having them trained into skill- ful sailors, left the ship in Florida early this year to return to his faithful "Polarka".

Ruda, when not sailing, makes his living as a lumberjack in Czech Republic.

Married (to a Polish lady sailor), with 2 daughters. He devotes all his spare time to facilitating and promoting of so-called (c.d. na str. 4)

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"family orphan homes" in Poland and Czech Republic.

These are small homes, taking some 8 to 12 parent-less children, managed a family style, preferably by a married couple. They are meant to present an alternative to the big, soulless government institutions, very often ridden with bureaucracy and corrup- tion to disastrous detriment of the children.

He has authored seven books and keeps writing.

Polarka to Greenland, Part III It is our second day in the sea. We are ma- king a nice progress with moderate NW wind (fortunately, the forecasted SW has not materialized!), some 120 miles over last 24 hours, and getting our sea legs.

Aries, the wind vane, works fine so we have some spare time at our hands.

Saturday, Aug. 4:

At 6 am started the engine. Almost no wind. Fortunately, we took extra 50 gals.

of diesel in jerry cans and, with Marcel aboard, watches at the helm are no pro- blem at all. The weather charts show a deep low which should get us tomorrow. In meantime, we are taking care of some ne- glected chores. We are about 350 miles away from Prince Christian Sound at the southern tip of Greenland.

Some more on the people of Iceland:

"Polarka" (a Czech word for Polaris, the star) looks more like a fishing boat rather than a yacht, which probably encourages locals to make contact. Ruda's outgoing personality and our set of unusual flags se- em to do the same. As a result, we seemed to have many more locals coming to us than any other boat at the floating pier for visiting yachts. Such socializing was a bit time consuming but absolutely worthy. We were acquiring the first hand local know- ledge quite rapidly. It helped us a lot in planning of our car trip. Icelanders are so- mewhat reserved at the first encounter but, after having the ice broken they become friendly and interested, ready to help in ne- ed. Most of them, even little children, spe- ak English. Ladies are often a little chub- by. Those behind the counter (and most others, of course) are smiling, very helpful and humorous. Your smile goes a long way and a compliment or a flirting joke even more so. Girls appear to be appreciative of being looked at, or ogled if you will; they just move more gracefully then. It seems that the notion of being sexually harassed by a men's glance is totally lost on them.

(Hapless American girls do not even rea-

lize how much color of life they (we) have lost by allowing the feminists and trial lawyers to bleach an innocent flirt out of our everyday life.)

We were also visited by a number of local Poles, Czechs and even by two Russians.

Apparently, there exists a sizable Polish community in Reykjavik.

Tuesday, August 8, 0855 GMT - tied up to a cliff in Mama Anchorage, Prince Chris- tian Sound, and stepped on "terra ferma"

of Greenland. This is just a tiny cove in the southern shore (cliff) of the Sound. For last three days winds were rather calm and we proceeded under power half of the time.

Only this morning we got a drizzle and fre- sh NE which carried us to the eastern entrance into the Sound. About 20 miles away from the shore we sighted the first growler, then several icebergs - an omi- nous, frightening view. We hailed the Weather Station located at the mouth of the Sound and they confirmed that it was not blocked with ice. While in the Sound, the drizzle stopped, the fog lifted and we looked with admiration at the stern beauty of the island: vertical cliffs, a few glaciers reaching the Sound, distant ice caps and mountain peaks. Then, the tidal current changed and we had to look for an ancho- rage in a hurry. Tomorrow we shall pro- ceed to Aappilattoq, a small fishing harbor further west in the Sound. Fuel and provi- sions are reportedly available and, hopeful- ly, we will be able to do the clearance there. We have already climbed the cliffs, admired the views, colors of moss and tiny flowers, bushes, blueberries, little valleys green of real grass and cascading rivulets of glacier water. Now, we have gathered in main cabin, our wood burning stove nice and warm, to have a supper of just picked wild mushrooms, toast our arrival and make plans for tomorrow.

We all agree that Greenland looks green indeed compared to most of Iceland. So all in all it could be a real perception of Eric the Red's that gave the island her name.

August 10, Frederiksdal. This is a tiny vil- lage at the other end of Prince Christian Sound (SW). We had to leave Mama An- chorage due to a heavy swell which started coming from the Sound. It was quite a blow and wind was picking up. By the time we reached Aappilattoq it was dark and wind was at over 50 knots.

(Reportedly, Flight Control Center in Fre- deriksdale measured gusts of 80 and 100 knots). There was no way we could enter

the tiny harbor through its 65 ft.

entrance, so we spent the night sailing up and down the Sound. "Polarka" was doing surprisingly well going down the wind with no sails and up the wind under the motor at 3/4 ahead. By the daybreak the wind calm down to about 30-40 knots and we ventured into the harbor.

Aappilattoq is a very well protected na- tural harbor. We tied up to a small landi- ng stage and spent two quiet days there.

Both Fredriksdal and Aappilattoq are small villages with populations under 200. There are well stocked stores and fuel can be obtained there. They have seen three sailboats this summer so far.

Children were very happy when we allo- wed them to come aboard for a treat of candies and cookies. We played games and sang together and chatted a bit. They were well behaved, bright and all could speak some English. Unfortuna-tely, mo- st of the adults were rather drunk nearly all day. We did some nice hiking there.

August 14, Nanortalik. Its a town boasti- ng population of about 1500. People here are almost "city slickers" - quite different from those of the villages and less drunk.

There is a Tourist Information Center with reliable phones, Internet access and a knowledgeable manager, quite interes- ting skansen/museum and nice "trail- less" hiking. The weather forecast is pro- mising a "window of opportunity" tomor- row, so most probably we will leave. A Scottish sailboat from Lerwick, Shetland Is. was here when we arrived and ano- ther, a Norwegian one, arrived a day la- ter, so we did some socializing. They all were nice and interesting people, indeed.

Polarka to Greenland... Part IV Tuesday, Aug. 21. Some 80 miles N of St. John's. Winds have been for the most part light an we are proceeding under the power. It is also getting warmer. Quite fortunately, as a day after we left Nanor- talik, I came down with a very bad cold.

I think it was a delayed results of the 3 hours watch during the big blow we had in Prince Christian Sound, followed by the encounters with a crowd of children in Aappilattoq, some of them apparently going through bad cold.

Fortunately, an antibiotic worked won- ders so I am almost OK now.

We all wished we could stayed longer in Green-land but the summer was apparently leaving us very rapidly. On fine days, the fjords were free of fog only

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for a few hour around noon. The temperatures were going down, they expected the weather going nasty next week and Marcel was supposed to be in Halifax by the end of August. Still, some of us will never go back to see Greenland again. Well, had I gotten sick a day earlier...

Monday, Aug. 27: Some 200 miles E of Halifax.

Winds are favorable, fair to moderate, with an occasional several hours blow so the engine is getting some well deserved rest. We spent 2 days in St. John's, New Foundland - a charming small city. We all found it a sort of a soft en- counter with the western civilization. Marcel de- cided to fly home from there. We talked to a 5 people Ukrainian/Russian repair crew, fixing a small ship to be sold somewhere to Sakhalin(?).

They worked on a verbal promise, no contract, just hope that the "Big Scoundrel" would be in good mood and perhaps needing them for more work. Then, they might get some money. Other- wise, who knows... Still, they have to take chan- ces as things are bad in Ukraine and Russia.

They all felt that life was more fair under the co- mmunist rule and somewhat puzzled that Czechs or Poles are better off now (they knew it without us telling them). They would gladly go back to it. No trace of a thought, however, that in the past they might have lived at an expense of so- called East European countries or been regarded as some sort of oppressors. They came across as decent people under a heavy duress, though and we sympathized.

I visited an Emergency Room in St. John's, as it appeared to be the only way I could get a pres- cription under the Canadian Health Care system.

A pulmonologist could only see me per a refer- ral by a family doctor, and I had none in St.

John's, you see. I was given a prompt and effi- cient examination followed by a proper emer- gency treatment, twice as fast and at a third of the price in US (they will send me the bill). The prescription drugs also seemed to be substantial- ly cheaper then in the US. Today is my eleventh day out of watches. I cook a little and try to help here and there but feel generally useless. Fortu- nately, sailing is easy and I am getting back in shape so it shouldn't be long. Moreover, it is getting real nice and warm, at least as compared to Greenland. Be-tween the Emergency Room, Laundromat and a few important phone calls I did not find time for Internet in St. John's.

Thursday, Aug. 30 - Arrived to Halifax at 10:30pm; "Polarka" to Greenland...; "Sweet Weather" to Florida... Tuesday, September 11, 120 miles east of Cap Cod:

Our stay in Halifax was very pleasant, chiefly thanks to Maciek S. and Edek W., two renown Polish sailors who emigrated to Canada some years ago. Apart from being a great company, they offered all kind of great help and informa-

tion. They spent a lot of time driving us patiently around whenever needed. They sail Edek's "Acapella", a light but courageous 30 footer and do some rather extraordinary trips.

Several years ago they went across Atlantic, rounded Eddy-stone lighthouse and went back to Halifax with-out landing in British Isles.

Quite a feat for this kind of boat, and this is just an example. Such trips and their obvious expertise in everything re-lated to sailing and boat maintenance have ear-ned them a high respect in their home Armdale Yacht Club. It was from Maciek that I learned about "Sweet Weather", a Roberts Offshore 38, which was for sale in Dartmouth. Built in 1977 she was not exactly a spring chicken, but neither am I. Her shapes would not attract many glances but she seemed like a solid, reliable girl and it counts to me nowadays. Her best qualities might not be obvious to everybody but I could see them at a first glance. I liked her and started seriously considering. In meantime it was decided that Polarka would stay in Halifax for the winter and Ruda would fly to Czech Republic. Well, a man has to stay afloat and I had to get home somehow - so I acquired

"Sweet Weather". Having spent last several years mostly at the slip, she was not immediately ready for blue water sailing. She had been maintained well, however, and a trip to Fairhaven (New Bedford), MA for a sea trial looked good to me. From there to Florida is almost all intra coastal and her engine should be able to handle it. (N.B., it is Volvo Penta MD3 B, which I happen to know rather well).

Vashek and Przemek, the Czech regiment from Polarka, decided to join me. Having the deal clo-sed on Friday, I moved Sweet Weather to Arm-dale Yacht Club, the home of Acapella and now of Polarka, and threw a modest boat warming party in the evening.

Adam, the previous owner, attended with teary eyes. On Saturday, Septem-ber 8, we left Halifax seen off by Acapella. We had a day and a half of a rough weather, head winds at 25 - 30 knots, but our Sweet Weather took it in a stride. Now, we are close hauling to a comfortable 20 knot northerly wind on a straight course to Cape Code. I like Sweet Weather and she seems to reciprocate. There is some work to be done, but it can wait until Florida. Now, I am looking forward to see my friends in Fairhaven. So, since now on it is

"Sweet Weather to Florida and...".

Arrived to Fairhaven on Wednsday, September 13.

Terrible news on the terrorist acts in New York and Washington.

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Van Liew will be racing on his boat named "Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America."

The Announcement of Sail for America will be made on the Rise Bar Terrace on the 14th floor of the new Ritz- Carlton New York, Battery Park City.

This terrace has commanding views of the harbor.

The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park will be one of the sponsors of Sail for America. This beautiful hotel had to delay its opening because of 9/11. Since then, they have been working to help Lower Manhattan recover.

Sail for America is also supported by the New York Stock Exchange.

Beneteau USA, a manufacturer of luxury sailboat, is also helping Sail for America by offering a new 361 model sailboat which will be raffled off to help raise money for this event.

Sail America, the non-profit marketing arm of the sailing industry is helping Sail for America by asking companies to donate products for a silent auction. The items donated will be auctioned off to raise money to organize Sail for America.

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Any corporations that wish to help make this vision happen are welcomed to join our effort," said Fortenbaugh.

The New York Harbor Sailing Foundation, the umbrella organization of Sail for America, is a non-profit corporation. The mission of the Foundation is to foster and promote amateur sailing of national and international importance in New York Harbor. The Foundation is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501( c)(3) and all donations are tax- deductible to the extent allowed by law. More details on the Foundation are at www.nyharborsailing.com. Sail for America is a non-profit, independent event organized by the New York Harbor Sailing Foundation.

Sail for America is not associated with Sail America (Middletown, RI), the principal trade association for the US sailing industry.

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