Hi Karolina, years ago I met a finer group of sailors as you'd ever run across. They were the crew of the Zawisza Czarny (after the hero the Black Knight, no?). My first taste of their seamanship & musicianship came combined as Marek Siurawski started playing concertina as we were getting under sail all the while he continued to play & when he had given the orders to raise sail he sang a couple halyard shanties (still pumping on the squeeze box), shanties i've since only heard 2 other people sing & only one of the 2. he was followed by 2 fiddles & a guitar & those that didn't sing along danced. I was stuffed with food & drink by the crew & later joined Marek & a few others in a planed dockside concert, later came a spontaneous singing party. By the time the Zawisza Czarny was to head out towards England I got an invite to join as crew. When I was told how long that would take (30 days) I had to decline (SOB!!) & was egged on with the comment "we may be the slowest ship in the fleet but we certinly have the best parties". If you have word of Marek would you pass it along this way, I hear he pushing a memory enhancing something or other. Anyway, if this is even a small representation of your county's male & female sailors then you should be respected as one of west's finest maritime nations. I will looking foward to seeing the Dar Mlodziezy (sp?) in less than a few weeks time. Barry