Wojciech Kaliski, the skipper, exchanges the impressions from the sailing on the ocean waters: "We are really satisfied with the results of the tests taken in oceanic terms. Yacht has fulfilled our expectations - it's very
fast and it gathers speed fast. It has a great potential, at more than 10 knots wind it easily exceeds the speed of 20 knots. We have also performed the test at almost 30 knots wind and we achieved the speed over 20 knots on the 2nd and 3rd reef. However one must remeber that Exploder 23 is experimental boat. The tests on the ocean, in conditions similar to those that we will face during the trial of Atlantic overrun, proves that yacht requires slight improvements and modifications. Due to high speed and considerable over sails the construction is affected by huge strains and forces, some sore points must be strenghtened. We will also lenghten the stern of the main hull by 2 feet - up to 25 feet. Trimaran is already modernized in Szczecinek shipyard and within few days it will be launched in Zatoka Gdańska. Onother issue is that with it's speed and acceleration, yacht requires a lot from the crew. Sailing with maximal speed requires total concentration and absolute knowledge of the boat. It's perfect cognition will take time, but we need this time for several trainings. We decided to postpone the trial of Atlantic overrun til autumn - probably it will be December. The decision about return to Poland was hard, but the only sinsible one - it would be to dangerous to sail accross Atlantic unprepared".

"We will not waste time during comming season - just after modernisation of the boat we will lunch it and start regular trainings on the water and to participate in races like in Gotland Runt. In this race we will start out of competition, because the regulations of the race exclude the participation of that small yachts. However this will enable us to compare the achievements of Exploder 23 with other, bigger boats, to learn and master the yacht, so we are well prepared to the trial that will take place in December" - Adam Skomski added.