Source : mkcafesailingteam.pl (le 30/10/01)

The first-ever Polish challenge, the Polska 1 Team, purchased ESP-05, one of the spanish challenger boat for the Louis Vuitton Cup 1992. The IACC, soon to be renamed "MK Cafe - POSTI", will be used as a training boat in Spain in preparation for America’s Cup 2006.

The Polish Challenge race crew for the America’s Cup includes Karol Jablonski, one of the best european Match Racer and a 100 % Polish crew (Jacek Wysocki, Marcin Kropidlowski, Jakub Friedenberger, Grzegorz Baranowski, Przemek Tarnacki, Arek Ornowski, Piotr Przybylski, Damian Lesniewski, Dominik Zycki, Marcin Jechorek, Grzegorz Sikorski, Mirek Rychcik, Igor Szrubkowski, Pawel Wlodarczyk, Pawel Górski, Rafal Szukiel, Pawel Bielecki, Piotr Rozalski, Andrzej Czapski, Arek Fedusi et Ryszard Szumowski).

Karol Jablonski said that the Cup budget is sufficient for two years and, during this time, all team will be working away from the base in Valencia (Spain).

To be continued ...