Homeless men in Poland build a ship to travel the world

[Corny]

WARSAW — Two dozen homeless men are building a ship to sail themselves around the world at the St. Lazarus Social Pension here, in the yard of a former tractor factory. Sparks fly from the rusty 55-foot hull as they weld it into form, even after losing the priest who led and inspired the mission.

Homeless men in Warsaw are building a ship to sail around the world. Inspired by a priest who bought the complex where they now live, they have worked on the boat for three years.

These men with sharply lined faces and blurry, old tattoos have set out to prove their seaworthiness, and to prove that they have some value to society, even if society has largely written them off.

“Some people smack themselves in the head when they hear, and probably think we’re crazy,” said Slawomir Michalski, 51, who was a welder in the famous Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk and joined the strike led by Lech Walesa in 1980 that helped shake the foundation of Communist rule in Poland and the entire Soviet bloc. It was a singular moment in Polish history and one that adds resonance to tales of shipbuilding here.

Full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/world/europe/02poland.html?_r=2&ref=global-home

 

[Lukeee]

How do homeless people afford the tools and materials to build a ship?

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

How do homeless people afford the tools and materials to build a ship?

You're assuming they paid for them in the first place.

 

[Corny]

How do homeless people afford the tools and materials to build a ship?

Read the article ...

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

How do you sink a Polish ship?

Put it in water..... sorry had to say it

I'm sure they clogged up the holes with shoe Polish.

 

[Beachguyj]

I bet it's made of cardboard.

 

[JC2008]

Mind you Poles in the UK are good builders, so i'm betting that ship will float

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Mind you Poles in the UK are good builders, so i'm betting that ship will float

I love the high standars you're applying.