Tradewind Voyages Golden Horizon has recently embarked on her maiden voyage, after a brief delay. As she set sail on a four-day voyage from Dover, UK, the ship was forced to turn around due to a financial dispute between the original owner, Star Clippers, and the Brodosplit shipyard in Croatia at which she was built. After a delay of almost 24 hours, the ship was allowed to sail.

The 272 passenger five-masted barque, setting 68,000 square feet of sail, or over twice the sail area of the clipper ship Cutty Sark, is the largest square-rigged sailing ship in the world.

Below is lovely drone footage of the Golden Horizon leaving Fowey, Cornwall on July 10, 2021. 

The largest sailing vessel in the world (Golden Horizon) leaves Fowey, Cornwall. 10th July 2021.

Thanks to David Rye for contributing to this post.