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| Royal Clipper |
The Royal Clipper is
a steel-hulled five masted fully rigged tall ship used as a cruise
ship. She was built using an existing steel hull that was modified
by the Gdańsk Shipyard, and the Merwede shipyard completed the
ship's interior in July 2000. Her design was based on the Preussen,
a famous German five-mast Flying P-Liner windjammer built in 1902.
Star Clippers claims that she is the largest "true sailing ship"
built since the Preussen. She is listed in the Guinness World
Records book as the largest square-rigged ship in service, with 5202
square metres of sail. Her sails can be handled with a crew as small
as twenty using powered controls.
The Royal Clipper cruises the Mediterranean during the
summer. During the winter she offers Caribbean trips through the
southern parts of the Lesser Antilles area. Because of her size, she
can visit smaller ports that larger cruise ships can't reach.
Transatlantic crossings are available between seasons. |
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