Sail training a wychowanie morskie

The article is inspired by a theoretical and practical discussion on whether the Polish concept of civil maritime education is equal to global sail training movement which took place during the conference “Education and Adventure”, which took place on 16th–17th October 2014 in Jedlnia Letnisko, Poland. I describe the origins of sail training movement and three most characteristic Polish projects: Class Afloat of Krzysztof Baranowski; Blue School and Class Afloat of Education Under Sails Association in the context of sail training and civil maritime education as a theoretical voice in Polish discussion.