Krzysztof Baranowski (born 26 June 1938, in Lwów) – yachtsman, sailing captain, journalist, teacher, member of the Council Board of Polish Maritime Foundation.
He is a graduate of the Wroclaw University of Technology (engineer of electronics) and High School of the Journalists in Warsaw.
On 17 June 1972 in the transatlantic race of lonely yachtsmen from Plymouth, (Great Britain) to Newport, Rhode Island, United States) on the yacht "Polonez" took 12th place.
For the second time he set off on such a voyage in the period 2 October 1999 – 30 August 2000 on the SY yacht "Lady B".
The course of the travel led among others through the Canary Islands, Caribbean, Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, Seychelles, Red Sea and the Mediterranean. '