Model of yacht Zjawa III

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Name of object: Model of yacht Zjawa III
No. of inventory: CMM/WM/289
Scale, dimensions, size: scale1:30, length: 51,5 cm, width: 10,2 cm, height: 56 cm
Age, dating: 1970-ties
Origin, (archaeological) site, deposit: deposit Mark Wagner, Canada
Material, colour, technique: Materials: wood (balsa, mahogany), canvas, cotton, nylon, aluminum; color: white, brown; technique: model building

Description:
In the years 1932-1939 Władysław Wagner as the first Polish sailed around the globe. He did this project on three yachts called “Zjawa’s” with a changing crew. On the yacht “Zjawa III” he sailed part of race from Guayaquil (Ecuador) to Great Yarmouth (Great Britain). The model was made by Władysław Wagner himself in Winter Park, Florida (USA)