Clipper City
Clipper City is a replica of a cargo clipper schooner that was ordered in 1984, built to modern standards. She is a steel-hulled schooner carrying eight sails on two steel masts, six fore and aft rigged sails, two square topsails and an auxiliary diesel engine. She offered passenger sailing trips out of Baltimore MD for over twenty years and did occasional trips to the Caribbean and elsewhere.
In Twilight 2000 she was moored at her dock in Baltimore when the TDM occurred. Her owners sailed her to San Juan Puerto Rico to escape the rioting that followed the attacks. Upon arrival in San Juan the Coast Guard seized the ship and used her over the next few years as both a patrol ship and transport, in the process arming her with four M2HB heavy machine guns, three M240 light machine guns and two Mk19 grenade launchers. She has been in several battles with pirate ships and is currently (May 2001) being repaired after sinking two New American pirate vessels preying on what was left of the Puerto Rican fishing fleet.
Details of the ship: as built
Class and type: Topsail Schooner
Cargo Tonnage: 99.5
Displacement: 200 tons
Length: 158 ft (48 m)
Beam: 27.5 ft (8.4 m)
Height: 135 ft (41 m) from waterline
Draft: 14 ft (4.3 m) w/ centerboard, 6 ft (1.8 m) w/o
Propulsion: Sail; auxiliary engine
Sail plan: Two-masted square-topsail gaff schooner, 9,836 square feet (913.8 m2) total sail area
Capacity: 150 persons (not including crew in passenger configuration)
Crew: 9
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