I have been away for the better part of a month on a transatlantic voyage on the Royal Clipper, one of only two five-masted full-rigged sailing ships ever built. Inspired by the windjammer Pruessen of 1902, the Royal Clipper sets 42 sails totaling 5,000 sm of sail area. Here is a short video of the ship under sail.
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Have you sailed on one of the five sisters? Was this much different if you have? I sailed on the Tovaritsch when it sailed under the Ukrainian flag in 1992 from NY to Boston. We were classified as trainees for legal purposes. One of the greatest weeks of my life.