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    ROYAL CLIPPER FLAGSHIP OF THE STAR CLIPPERS FLEET

    Aug 26, 2022 5 minutes

    Star Clippers was founded in 1989 by Swedish entrepreneur and classic boat connoisseur Mikael Krafft, and initially operated two identical four-masted barquentines: the 360ft Star Flyer, launched in 1991, and her twin, Star Clipper, launched in 1992. The vessels were the first sailing clippers to be built since 1910 and heralded a new golden age of sail, but one with modern amenities on the ships and, if necessary, motor power to fall back on.

    Star Clippers proved so successful that, in 2000, Krafft launched , an impressive ship modelled on the legendary five-masted tall ship , built almost a century earlier. ‘I had always been fascinated by ,’ Krafft explained. ‘She was bigger and beamier than the clippers, and was a unique and highly effective sailing machine. I had a model of

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