STS ''Pogoria'' is a Polish
barquentine
A barquentine or schooner barque (alternatively "barkentine" or "schooner bark") is a sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged main, mizzen and any other masts.
Modern barquentine sailing ...
launched in 1980. She was designed by the naval architect
Zygmunt Choreń
Zygmunt Choreń (born 1941) is a Polish naval architect and the proprietor of the naval architectural firm Choreń Design and Consulting. He is a graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Leningrad Ship-Building Institute.
He w ...
as the first in a series of (18 total) middle and large-size contemporary sailing vessels.
History
''Pogoria'' had been designed (
Zygmunt Choreń
Zygmunt Choreń (born 1941) is a Polish naval architect and the proprietor of the naval architectural firm Choreń Design and Consulting. He is a graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Leningrad Ship-Building Institute.
He w ...
) for the explicit purpose of training and education of young (from 14 years of age) students in the high seas environment. It has classroom facilities and its rigging can be manually worked by male or female crew of the junior high school age. It has also proved to be highly seaworthy, sailing throughout its history all (including Antarctic) seas in often heavy conditions. In addition, it is highly competitive in races, routinely ranking at top places during the tall ship race events.
''Pogoria'' had been launched from
Gdańsk Shipyard
The Gdańsk Shipyard (, formerly Lenin Shipyard) is a large Polish shipyard, located in the city of Gdańsk, northern Poland. The yard gained international fame when Polish trade union Solidarity () was founded there in September 1980. It is sit ...
Jan 23 1980. Its main use is – as designed – education and training. Most crew rotations consist of junior and high school students in 1- to 8-week-long tours. The usual complement is ~6 professional officers and 40 students and volunteer teachers. The ship running duties (regular watches etc.) are being wholly filled by the youth crew, in addition to their regular school coursework. The fees are kept close to nominal level.
2009
dismasting
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accident
On 7 July 2009, two of the masts on ''Pogoria'' broke at welded joints while the ship was en route to
St Petersburg
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,
Russia
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. The 37 youths on board were airlifted off the ship by two
helicopter
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s of the
Finnish Border Guard's Aviation Unit. The ship was towed into
Hanko as her engines were disabled in the incident.
See also
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Joanna Pajkowska, a crew member on education trips
References
External links
{{commons category, IMO 7911210
Pogoria website
Tall ships of Poland
Barquentines
1980 ships