More than any story I’ve written, people are constantly asking how the homeless Polish men are doing with the yacht they’re building to sail around the world. Something about that article touched a nerve with a lot of people.

So here’s an update from Piotr Malecki, the terrific Warsaw-based photographer who has been following their progress:

“They are now welding water tanks and other inner parts of the ship at the workshop. In March they will start sandblasting and painting the ship. Both welders passed the advanced maritime welding exams and now have the international papers that will allow them to get good jobs anywhere in Europe. So Slawek Skarbucha, one of them, is soon going to Norway, he got a good job offer at the shipyard. The welding process is now coming to an end here so he can do it without compromising the ship.
Waldemar, the “captain”, recently put a list of things accomplished after death of father Boguslaw and he claims the list has 20 positions.
They have also finally acquired the engine parts that stopped them from completing the engine that will run the ship. It does look like the they are on top of things and seem determined to go on with it.”