Largest square-rigger in the world to be launched in 2009

[PatCassidy]

The "Sea Cloud Hussar" is currently being built in Spain.

Length - 445 feet
Draft - 18.5 feet.
Height - 190 feet from waterline

The Sea Cloud Hussar will be a full-rigged ship. 136 passengers and 90 crew. No roller furling. No computer sailing. A real square-rigger.

Here is a link:

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21632

[George Ray]

Son of a gun, I sailed into Vigo a couple of weeks ago for a week and would have liked to have visited the building site.