• There is a total of 19,375 square feet of handcrafted Burma teak on the Sun Deck and Main Deck. • The two tallest of the five masts are hinged so that mast tops can be easily cranked lower by 19 feet for clear passage under low bridges and power lines without interfering with the [...]

• A total of 42 sails are used to propel the ship: 26 squaresails, 11 staysails, four jibs and one gaff-rigged spanker. The sails are made of Dacron and tailored especially for the ship by Doyle Ploch Sailmakers of Clearwater, Fla. • All sail stitching is especially resistant to weakening caused by tropical sunshine, and [...]

Royal Clipper makes a maiden call at the port of Essaouira, Morocco, on the 16-night Westbound Crossing from Lisbon, Portugal, to Barbados, departing Oct. 28, 2010. Portuguese, French and Berber architecture frame the maze-like streets of Essaouira, a western Moroccan city along the Atlantic Ocean. With its long beach, abundant seawater spa treatments and dramatic [...]

A favorite tradition at Star Clippers is to have a race between sister ships when they are in port together. The race is under full sail and all of the passengers and crew help out to get their ship to the finish line first. The races last anywhere between 15-30 minutes, and the ships meet [...]

We received this nice note and gorgeous photos from Star Clippers guest Helen Heinel-Szesch. My husband and I spent our honeymoon on board the Star Clipper sailing around the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. That holiday will always remain in our memories as one of the most fantastic weeks we have ever had; not only [...]