Clipper Ships Sailing Today with Passengers

Royal Clipper
Launched 2001
5000 tonnes 439 feet in length
227 passengers 106 Crew

Inspired by the legendary Tall Ship, Preussen 1902, the new Royal Clipper has the proud distinction of being the largest and only five-masted sailing ship built since her predecessor was launched at the beginning of the last century. With her complement of 42 sails, Royal Clipper is a splendid sight to behold. You might think she was an apparition from the grand age of sail, but Royal Clipper is as new. She boasts state-of-the-art navigation systems and all the comforts of today.

For connoisseurs of sail cruising, the 439 foot Royal Clipper offers the ultimate sea-going experience, balancing the grandeur, adventure and tradition of sailing with the superb service, amenities and accommodations of the finest modern yachts. Royal Clipper carries just 227 guests in luxurious style.

A full 18,940 square feet of open deck and three swimming pools create a wonderfully spacious and expansive outdoor environment. Find your secret hideaway on one of the hidden balconies on either side of the bow.

Some climb the mast (with safety harness provided) to one of the passenger look-out ‘crow’s-nests’, thoughtfully furnished with comfortable settee, where you’ll have the grandest view of all! Royal Clipper’s interior spaces are just as dazzling. They include a 3-deck atrium that funnels sunlight into the elegantly-appointed dining room, where you'll enjoy deliciously prepared cuisine and a no-tie dress code.

A convenient marina platform lowers from the stern for watersports and diving. The ultimate unique Royal Clipper experience, the one-of-a-kind Captain Nemo Lounge, is the site of the Spa and health club, which features underwater glass portholes!

With her sails gleaming in the sun Royal Clipper threads between lush volcanic islands in a sea that can only be the Caribbean, because it is incredibly blue.

The world you cruise is a wonderfully unique Caribbean Paradise. It’s as if you had your own chartered yacht and could sail anywhere you wanted. Except the crew do all the work for you while you laze in the pool, or watch the dolphins play. Royal Clipper explores the lush, exotically beautiful islands like Dominica and St. Lucia, where jungle trails abound with sweet-smelling vanilla orchids and other wild-growing tropical flowers and visits privileged enclaves in the lesser-known Grenadines.

Smaller ports like Iles des Saintes, offer an intimate Caribbean experience. A cruise aboard Royal Clipper is the perfect platform from which to launch diving adventures in the Tobago Cays, where the reefs are a marvel of colourful marine creations. Royal Clipper sails from Barbados on alternating voyages to explore the Spice Islands of the Grenadines or the Windward Islands. The Caribbean venues where Royal Clipper sails are famous for their glorious sailing weather, and every voyage promises the thrill of passage making under full sail.

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