Last month Royal Clipper when into drydock at Fincantieri’s shipyard located in Muggiano (La Spezia), Italy, and came out in time for the May 15 sailing. Dr. Mariano Peruzzo, the ship’s resident marine biologist, sent us these fabulous photos of the ship during the refit.

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When you operate the world’s largest sailing ships that really sail, you reap some benefits from using wind power to supplement your engines. For Star Clippers, that means burning less fuel and emitting less exhaust.
“At Star Clippers, we always try to maximize the amount of time we are under wind power so that our [...]