„We are on the finishing post in Hobart”-said the captain Mariusz Koper, who was in charge of eight-people-crew of Katharsis II. The yacht reached the capitol of Tasmania on April 5th, after 102 days and 23 hours of leaving Cape Town in RPA on December 23rd.

The Polish accomplished one of the biggest achievement in the history of world sailing circumnavigated Antarctica nonstop. In Hobart they were welcomed by representatives of polish community, honourable consul Ed Krezmer, the World Sailing Speed Record Council, and management of Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania-copromoters of prestigious regatta Sydney-Hobart, as well as numerous media.

NO ONE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.

-Our primary challenge was to circumnavigated Antarctica nonstop on a sailing yacht. In the previous years there were several attempts of doing so, but no one succeded.

During 103 days the yacht  sailed total 15 853 sea miles (29 360 km), but the loop  around Antarctica itself was 10 200 sea miles long (18 920 km) and it took 72 days and 5 hours to finish it.

The crew was:  Mariusz Koper –the captain and Michał Barasiński, Tomasz Grala, Ireneusz Kamiński, Robert Kibart, Piotr Kukliński, Hanna Leniec, Wojciech Małecki i Magdalena Żuchelkowska.