Seafarer, writer, builder of boats, lumberjack and a „adventurer-

buddy“. He built more then ten seaworthy boats, on which he

passed through all the oceans of the world. He wrote more the

ten books. In a small yacht „Polka“ he journeyed to the Tierra Del

Fuego. In a ship „Polarka, which was built for the toughest marine

environment, during four years he circelled the Earth passing

through the most hostile regions of the Arctic and the Antarctic. With

the help of Polish ship builders and Czech enthusiasts, he bulit

a twenty meters long wooden replica of Magellan’s carrack Victoria.

Although born in a landlocked country without a see shore, he

became a seafarers legend. Now he builds boats for orphanages.

„When a man gets stuck in an icefield somewere far North or far

South, and the navigation tools are failing, and the ship is not as

strong as needed as for example Nansen’s „Fram“, he tells himself:

It’s not gonna work this time. But, the sea is more forgiving

than all of us think.“