the plotki magazine (pdf) - Moving Baltic Sea

← S T O R I E S F R O M T H E S E A S I D E 〈 〈 〈 〈 〈Knew everything about all difficulties and dangers. Waslooking at the boat from a very professional point of view,reasonable, forgetting about romanticism.Since the Zejman Club’s beginning, Andrzej has alsobeen head of the Sailors Association. Every week thereare many guests in his club, captains from different countries.Andrzej likes to say that the Baltic Sea is connectingpeople, is a path that takes you to friends.Sailor RetirementKrystyna is still helping at a university and giving sailinglessons to students. But she is complaining thatyoung people are too weak to sail. That they prefer easiersports, easier ways of spending free time. So all her freetime, she spends on her boat. Not big but comfortable.Tomorrow she is sailing to Sweden.Andrzej’s sea story started with cruises for boys froma reform house. He was challenging them with the elements,showing simultaneously both the easy andmore difficult sides of nature. Re-socialisation by thesea. Now he is also organising sea workshops for 7 to8-years-old kids from the seaside. More than 1,000 kidstook part in it so far.What does the Sea Mean to You?Krystyna does not like this question. “Sea is sea,a big amount of water with its rights. You can respectthem or not. You can learn how to minimise risks or not.This is it.”Andrzej is sitting up on the wreck of an old ship infront of his club. “It is like a strong man, self-confident,courageous, knowing very well what he wants, respected,adored by men and women. No no... But wait. In theevening, when it is slowly getting dark, sea is like a mysterywoman: very sexual, tightening her body, secretlyasking for attention.”3