World's Largest Sailing Ship Launched
Watch: FLYING CLIPPER - Ship launching ceremony
By News on the Net -- The Maritime Executive—— Bio and Archives--June 12, 2017
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The world’s largest sailing ship was launched at the Brodosplit shipyard in Croatia on Saturday.
The Flying Clipper is a near replica of the France II ordered in 1911 at La Gironde shipyard Bordeaux.
The vessel has been under construction for two years for Monaco-based Star Clippers. Flying Clipper has a steel hull and will have teak decking. She is 162 meters (532 feet) long and 18.5 meters (60 feet) wide, with a deadweight of 2,000 tons. She will be square-rigged with five masts and have an overall sail surface of 6,347 square meters (68,300 square feet). -- More...
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