The 5th Sail Świnoujście and the 29th Sailing Songs Festival “Wiatrak 2013”

The 5^th Sail Świnoujście and the 29^th Sailing Songs Festival “Wiatrak 2013”
15-18 August
Beautiful Polish and foreign vessels, the humming and drumming of bulging and emptying sails, the sound of the wind wailing through the shrouds and of bellowed, wind-snatched sailing songs can be heard accompanying your every step – these are the attractions associated with Sail Świnoujście. Indeed, during the sea cruises available to all the curious, you can even watch the sailors at work, and sometimes help in raising the sails. Sail Świnoujście is held with the playing of shanties and the singing of the traditional songs of the sea-farers, within as part of the simultaneously organised Sailing Songs Festival “Wiatrak” (one of the oldest Polish festivals of this kind). The sailing songs that are heard, come, not only from the stage, but also from the decks of true sailing ships. The whole event is complemented by a fair, by games and by competitions for children. Sail Świnoujście is addressed mainly to families, though everyone will find something suiting their taste.