{"id":6863,"date":"2009-10-14T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=6863"},"modified":"2009-10-20T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T18:39:04","slug":"stad-amsterdam-something-to-dream-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/stad-amsterdam-something-to-dream-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Stad Amsterdam &#8211; Something To Dream On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-72.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-72\" width=\"499\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You cannot help but think about the Maritime history in a place like Falmouth. All types of historic naval and commercial craft have called here and anchored in Carrick Roads, as have many famous modern yachts. But in the last several centuries we&#8217;d venture nothing cooler than this modern replica of a clipper ship has set her hook off Falmouth harbor.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-74.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-74\" width=\"576\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check out the rig on this 250 footer.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-79.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-79\" width=\"576\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You have to know what you are doing to handle this vessel in anything other than moderate winds.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-83.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-83\" width=\"576\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine shortening sail on a moonless night in a fresh gale, with half the watch aloft and the other manning the braces? One mistake and the yard crew aloft would be swimming.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-128.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-128\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We could sit and look at this ship for a week and not grow tired of the details.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-130.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-130\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Including a very risqu\u00e9 figurehead.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-138.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-138\" width=\"576\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you go aloft at each set of spars you get to climb out and around the rigging. Not for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n<p>We looked up <em>Stad Amsterdam<\/em> on the Internet and the details are copied below:<\/p>\n<p>The Clipper <em>Stad Amsterdam<\/em> was built at the initiative of Randstad and the municipality of Amsterdam. The ship is registered under the Dutch flag, as passenger ship. It has authentic square rigging and a pointed bow. On the 60-meter long, wooden deck, the passengers can enjoy the towering rigging, impressive yards and endless quantities of rope.The ship has 14 luxury cabins, a spacious dining room (for dinners and presentations) and an open-air bar. The <em>Stad Amsterdam<\/em> can be privately booked for business events, luxury cruises and adventurous sailing trips. It goes without saying that the ship meets all safety requirements (such as the Lloyd&#8217;s Register Shipping Inspection, the Dutch Shipping Inspection, Safety Of Life at Sea Certificate, Passenger Safety Certificate and the US Coast Guard Certificate).<br \/>\nSpecifications:<br \/>\nOverall length:  250 ft<br \/>\nBeam:  34.5 ft<br \/>\nDraught:  15.7 ft<br \/>\nSpeed:  17 knots<br \/>\nRigging:  three-mast fully rigged<br \/>\nNumber of sails:  29<br \/>\nSail area:  2.200 sm<br \/>\nNumber of cabins:  14<br \/>\nEngine power:  749 kW<br \/>\nDisplacement:  1.038 MT<br \/>\nHull:  steel<br \/>\nConstruction time:  1997 &#8211; 2000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You cannot help but think about the Maritime history in a place like Falmouth. 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