December is indeed not a good month for painting (in the northern hemisphere), but the side of this sailing ship looks as if it had not seen paint for many months... The explanation of the lack of maintenance as inflation is not very convincing. The old proverb says that HE WHO HAS SHIPS MUST HAVE EXPENSES...
I am extremely sorry to see this beautiful ship neglected, also because it was built in the place where I learned the profession of a shipbuilder. The designer of the series of these beautiful ships was master engineer Zygmunt Choreń, designer, FATHER OF SAILING SHIPERS, graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology.
It was according to his designs that units such as MIR, DAR MLODZIEZY, ROYAL CLIPPER, RUNNING ON WAVES, POGOROA, ISKRA and many others were built.

. Stories about ship commanders who sold their "last shirt" to buy paint and brushes can probably be placed among children's fairy tales. And as for inflation? We will not speculate here about its causes... Perhaps potential buyers would have a better fate for this beautiful sailing ship. Even the Chinese. They would certainly not allow a representative ship flying their national flag to look like a factory trawler after a many-week stay in the Sea of Okhotsk.
Best regards ;

How far you are from understanding of reality. Such a man with uncompromising stand. Should be. I don't understand. Wow. Cool.
If vessel positioned in a shiprepair yard it absolutely doesn't mean anything. She could be laid up. And it was. Exactly what happening with me know. Beside that you can't use you expressions as a substitute for paint, even if you have hundreds of idiots onboard. It was really hard time in our country, especially for government institutions. As my friend said - no funds. And main achievement was to retain vessel at least on hands. Ukrainian sister "Druzhba" got lost class during her arrest on Cyprus. Sails got rotten. And until now government did not find any funds to restore her till sailing condition.