Magda Dabrowska
Born on September 17 in 1981 in Warsaw, as a Downtown girl she didn't
have much
in common with sailing, except maybe for one youth camp in Augustow,
where most of the time she spent in a nearby pub or in a kayak...The
real sailing adventures began when she met Piotrek, now her husband.
Zegrzynski Zalew and Mazurian Lakes became
not only crucial training centers, but also gave a good lesson of life
(today with sentiment she recalls sailing camps by Orlik Yacht Club
under the command of Jacek Kolipinski). Then, cruising aboard s/y
Alefant across the cold waters of Norway and Ireland convinced her
there are things worth getting up at 5 a.m for. In July 2006 she
bravely defended her thesis against the attacks of an examination
commitee from the Psychology Department at Warsaw University becoming
a Master of Art. Brought to US by her husband in September 2006, she
was completely unaware of what awaited her. Soon enough, she finds
herself in the middle of Piotrek's dream and from then on she is
facing the challenges of being an admiral aboard sailing vessel
Whisper II.
contact:
klusex[at]gmail.com (put @ instead of [at])
Piotrek Jablonski
(Finally
about me!)
Piotrek
is also from Warsaw, born in 1980. He's been sailing since he can
remember,
or even longer. That's how it goes in a
family of devoted sailors. Yachting in the unforgettable Mazurian
Lakes, then facing storms on the Baltic Sea, at last cruising around
Norway and Ireland. He was even lucky enough to embark as an officer
of the watch on a Mediterranean cruise aboard a tall ship Pogoria.
In the meantime, he passed a few sailing exams, the latest of which
was Offshore Skipper, he is also a certified Sailing Instructor.
Recreationally a CMAS* diver, professionally a philosopher with a
diploma from Warsaw University, occasionally also a psychologist, and
even a physicist. Brought to the US by a Fulbright scholarship at the
University of Michigan, he soon realized that buying an old sailboat
is a plausible thing even with savings as small as his. That's how,
slowly but surely, the dreams of childhood come true. How will it all
end? So far nobody can tell...
contact: pjablon[at]o2.pl
