![]() ![]() She is traditional in every way, updated with sea proven technology. She and her sister ships, Star Flyer and Star Clipper, are the only major true sail ships ever built on which no seaman ever needs to climb the masts to handle sails. All sails are raised, lowered and positioned from the security of the deck by skilled sailors who use power winches and hand controlled horizontal and vertical power furling. She does not use computers for sail handling. Sails: Royal Clipper always will be under sail at sea except when weather requires she be powered by her twin 2,500 horsepower diesel engines. Two tallest of the five masts are hinged so that mast tops may easily be cranked lower by 19 feet for clear passage under low bridges and power lines without interfering with the ship's standing rigging. ![]() Mast Height above the waterline: l97 feet. Number of Passengers: A total of 227 in double occupancy. The remaining 85 crew serve passenger needs or are on support duty, such as in engine room. Size of crew: 105, of whom only 20 are needed to handle all sails. Beam is 54 feet Draft is 18.5 feet Gross Tons: 5,000 (compares with 2,298 gross tons for sister ships, Star Flyer and Star Clipper). Royal Clipper has been built at Merwede Shipyard, near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She is registered out of Luxembourg and will operate under the respected high standards of the Belgian Maritime Authority. Classification and registration: Royal Clipper as flagship of Star Clippers joins Star Flyer and Star Clipper in being built to high safety, construction and rigging standards, confirmed by Lloyd's Register of Shipping.The steel-hulled vessel carries the highest rating possible: (Sailing Passenger Vessel) " spv 100 A1" and is designed to pass all safety and equipment ratings of the United Nations, and of U.S. She is by far the largest true sail vessel afloat anywhere today. Royal Clipper approximates Preussen in all major measurements. Fully rigged means squaresails on each of the masts. ![]() Preussen was the largest sailing vessel ever built to that time. SPECIFICATIONS SUMMARY ROYAL CLIPPER is the first fully-rigged square-rigger with five masts since her inspiration, PREUSSEN, in l902. To get to offical page click here Royal Clipper ![]()
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