The Polish Maritime Foundation ((pl.) Polska Fundacja Morska) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation located in Swinoujscie,

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Aims

The aim of the foundation is the popularization of historical and training values of sailing, its material and spiritual culture, expanding the historical knowledge of sailing in Poland, Europe and the rest of the world, and the dissemination of Polish sailing achievements.

Range of activities

These activities include: the protection and preservation of material cultural heritage, the build-up of national resources, the preservation of historic relics and archives against the effects of natural disasters and the battle against the theft and illegal export of artifacts from Poland. the dissemination of Polish sailing achievements, the making of historic relics available to the public and the saving of resources of cultural heritage in digital form according to the history of sailing.

Methods

The primary method of the foundation's work is the coordination of initiatives for the building of a sailing museum and digital maritime library in Poland and giving support for institutions and private citizens working on the preservation of Polish sailing history. Other projects, in partnership with other institutions from Poland and abroad, include: public debates, the publication of books, research and social campaigns, the organisation of conferences, workshops and training.

Authorities

Board of Supervisors

* President - Marek Posobkiewicz * Member - Helena Porębska * Member - Marek Tan

Advisory Council

Members: (in alphabetical order) * Krzysztof Baranowski (pl.), Krzysztof Baranowski (eng.) * Wojciech Jacobson (pl.) * Jarosław Kaczorowski (pl.) * Jerzy Knabe (pl.) * Maciej Krzeptowski (pl.) * Jerzy Porębski (pl.) * Henryk Wolski (pl.)

Board

The foundation is represented by the board. President of the board is Marek T. Słaby.

Projects

Current undertakings

Sailing Museum

The project proposes building the sailing museum in Swinoujscie in

. The museum will centralise all historic Polish sailing relics. When it is finished it will be the first sailing museum in Poland. * The architect started with concepts and projects in 2009.

Digital Maritime Library

The project at the digital maritime library showed the following were required: * A

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of Polish maritime literature - online. * The

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of the Polish maritime magazine
Morze
(The Sea) from 1924.

Completed Projects

My name is Ludomir

The foundation was funded by publishing a book about a famous Polish sailor, Ludomir Mączka, by Macieja Krzeptowskiego and Wojciecha Jacobsona. Authors, experienced sailors and travellers were shown photographs of his life, who in his long-distance sailing career circumnavigated the globe many times in his beloved yacht "Maria".

America, 400 years later

The foundation organised an expedition with the racing yacht '' Fazisi'' sailing from Świnoujścia to

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and Jamestown in the

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, in co-operation with the Polish Yachting Association of North America on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the first Polish colonist to arrive in

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, on the west coast of

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; finishing in New York and Jamestown. The voyage coincided with Hurricanes

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External links

Home page of Polish Maritime Foundation
pl.
Digital Encyclopedia of Maritime facts
pl.
Digital Maritime Library
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