Type of unit: Brig
Length: 55,5 m
Width: 8,5 m
Draught: 3,8 m
Construction year(s): 1990
Home port: Szczecin
Flag: Poland
Crew: 64
Speed: 16kn
Ship displacement: 400 t
Sail area: 1 200 m²
Number of masts: 2
Fryderyk Chopin is a ship with a very original brig rigging, favored by pirates in its time due to its high speed. This particular structure came off the drawing board of Zygmunt Choreń, the best Polish sailing ship designer, and is an extension of the experiments in shipbuilding initiated by Krzysztof Baranowski and Zygmunt Choreń in the late 1970s with the “Pogoria” project.