My Incredible Adventure- The Liberty Clipper

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Home Port: Boston
Rig: Gaff Topsail Schooner
Year Built: 1983
Sparred Length: 125 Feet
Draft: 8 Feet
Beam: 25 Feet
Hull: Steel
Web Site: Liberty ClipperDSC_2056 [640x480]

The 125-foot Schooner ‘Liberty Clipper’ is a majestic steel replica of an 18th century clipper ship.

The term clipper as applied to ships may derive from the idea of them cutting through the water. Clipper bows were distinctively narrow and heavily raked forward, which allowed them to rapidly clip through the waves. The cutting notion is also suggested by the other class of vessel built for speed, the cutter. One of the meanings of clip since the 17th century is “to fly or move quickly”, possibly deriving from the sound of wings. The term clipper originally applied to a fast horse and most likely derives from the term clip meaning “speed”, as in “going at a good clip”.

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4 thoughts on “My Incredible Adventure- The Liberty Clipper”

  1. Nice definition of the term ‘clipper’ – I get questions on the term a lot here at the shipbuilding museum. Visitors are often surprised at how many types of vessels could be considered a clipper, besides the well-known clipper ships of the mid 19th century.

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  4. Here’s the info from their site-
    “While the Liberty Clipper is no longer offering sails in Key West, FL, we now offer multi-day all-inclusive tall ship windjammer sailing vacations and will continue to sail from Boston, Massachusetts during the summer months. Our tall-ship cruising schedule is:

    Coastal Cruises in New England in May and September departing from Boston, MA.

    Cruise the Chesapeake Bay in October and November and participate in schooner festivals and Tall Ship Races.

    Explore the Eastern Out Island of the Bahamasin December through April from Exuma Island.”

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