”Fryderyk Chopin” is finally safely moored in the port of Falmouth, while damages are assessed – along with the prospects of continuing the voyage to the Caribbean.

Elżbieta Krajewska reports

Polish sail training ship “Fryderyk Chopin” sailed into trouble last week in stormy seas off the coast of the Scilly Isles in the Atlantic, losing her two masts, then drifting in a cloud of torn rigging until she was picked up by a fishing trawler and towed painstakingly to port in England. The brig was carrying 47 people on board – 36 of them fourteen-year-old cadets.