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Article: Royal Clipper: melding the thrills of sailing with the comforts of cruising aboard Star Clippers' mega-yacht.(SHIP OF THE MONTH)(Cover Story)
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- Cruise Travel
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Lying suspended in the bow netting, 40 feet above the sea, I had been searching for dolphins in the wake below. Turning over, a rush of wind through my hair, I gazed up at the azure Caribbean sky, clouded with billowing white sails rising 150 feet above. For the first time in my life I was truly sailing ... sailing ... o'er the ocean blue. And I loved it.
Five masts, 42 sails, 5,000 tons, 200 passengers--we were aboard the grandest sailing ship ever built, the Royal Clipper, flagship of the Star Clippers line. In 20 years of cruising, the Mrs. and I have sailed dozens of ships, everything from boutique boats to megaliners, including expedition craft, ...