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Name | Liberty Clipper |
Builder | Blount Marine |
Commissioned | 1983 |
Homeport | Port of Boston |
Status | Active |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | schooner |
Tonnage | 145 tons gross, 99 tons net |
Length |
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Beam | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
Draught |
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Propulsion | sail of 465 m2; auxiliary diesel |
Sail plan | two-masted schooner |
Complement | up to 10 crew and 126 passengers |
Notes | main mast height from the deck is 30.7 m (101 ft) |
The Liberty Clipper is a replica sailing ship whose design was inspired by the Baltimore Clipper style of vessels which were predominant along the East Coast in the early 19th century.[2]
She was designed by Charles Wittholz and built in 1983 at the Blount Shipyard in Rhode Island where she was first christened Mystic Clipper. Though built of solid steel, with a 6-71 Detroit diesel motor as auxiliary propulsion, her rig and hull shape remain traditional. She is currently operated as a charter vessel and sails out of Boston, MA.[3]