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The Liberty Clipper is a replica sailing ship whose design was inspired by the
Baltimore Clipper A Baltimore Clipper is a fast sailing ship historically built on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the United States of America, especially at the port of Baltimore, Maryland. An early form of clipper, the name is most commonly applied to two-masted ...
style of vessels which were predominant along the
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in the early 19th century. 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.


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