13 July 2011

POLAND: Communist-era Gdansk Shipyards...Now Producing Sleek Yachts.

AFP / M. Sibierski


  Sleek, luxurious and competitively priced yachts are now being produced at Gdansk's former communist shipyards...where the Solidarity trade union helped bring down the puppet Soviet regime.
  "I think it's the best-kept secret of the boating industry in Europe...Polish production and Polish quality," said yacht enthusiast Philip Scott.
  About one third of all vessels in boat shows across Europe are Polish-made.