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Star Clippers offers sunset marriage blessing

31st January 2011 Print
Star Clippers

Combining the romance of sail with a spectacularly romantic ocean setting, Star Clippers is now offering honeymoon guests the opportunity for a sunset marriage blessing on the upper deck of the company's four-masted Star Clipper or Star Flyer and the five-masted Royal Clipper, conducted by the ships’ captain and attended by uniformed crew.

The blessing can be arranged on Star Clipper voyages in the Caribbean, Mediterranean and Central America and the romance starts when honeymoon guests are welcomed on board with champagne and fruit basket in their cabin.

The recreation of these graceful 19th century style clipper ships for modern-day sailing voyages was the inspiration of a Swedish businessman, Mikael Krafft, whose first two vessels, Star Flyer and Star Clipper, were the first true clipper ships to be built since 1910, recreating the golden age of sail when square-rigged trading `clipper? ships would race one another across the world’s great oceans as they delivered passengers and cargo to the world’s trading ports.

Today, passengers can enjoy the romance of sailing on board a true tall ship in a relaxed atmosphere with high standards of service provided by an attentive crew. All three ships have expansive teak decks, swimming pools, informal dining, a convivial Tropical Bar on deck and a comfortable piano bar and are large enough to offer first class accommodation and dining, but small enough to call into intimate ports, untouched by large cruise ships.

The two smaller ships, Star Flyer and Star Clipper, take 170 passengers each, with a crew of 70, while Royal Clipper carries 227 with a crew of 106.

Star Clippers offers fully crewed sailing voyages on board the world's largest tall ships in the Mediterranean, Central America and the Caribbean. A seven night Mediterranean sailing costs from £1295 per person, including all meals, port taxes and low key entertainment, based on two sharing, departing between May and October 2011. Excludes flights. Contact

For more information and bookings, visit: starclippers.co.uk

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