Oficerski Yacht Klub Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Warszawie w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym
Officer Yacht Club of the Polish Republic in Warsaw during the interwar period

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the circumstances around the establishment of the Officer Yacht Club of the Polish Republic (OYK RP) in Warsaw as well as its main forms of activity. Its history dates back to the first months after Poland regained independence, when a group of water sports enthusiasts set up the Military Rowing Club. It was located on the left bank of the Vistula, between the Poniatowski Bridge and the Średnicowy Bridge. In 1932 the Inland Department of OYK RP in Augustów was founded, and in the following year – the Naval Department in Gdynia. At the same time the Warsaw club was already one of the most important centers of popularizing water sports in Poland. At the end of 1932 a grand building of the OYK RP marina was opened, called a “glass house on the Vistula” by Warsaw residents. Three years later a sailing-leisure facility was built in Augustów, which exists until today. The most important persons in the state belonged to the OYK RP and supported its functioning – including above all the president, Ignacy Mościcki. Hence the club is an institution that constitutes a beautiful element of military tradition in the field of culture, sport and recreation.

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