Star Clippers operates three of the world's largest and tallest sailing vessels. Visiting ports often untouched by larger cruise ships and offering passengers the activities, amenities, and atmosphere of a private yacht, Star Clippers is recognized as one of the premier specialty cruise lines. The ships currently sail throughout the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Thailand, & Indonesia. Transatlantic journeys and Grand Voyages are offered as well. In 1989, Swedish entrepreneur Mikael Krafft turned his boyhood dream into a reality when he founded Star Clippers, the only modern-day cruise line dedicated to re-creating the golden age of the tall sailing ships while providing passengers with a mega-yacht experience. Meticulously researched down to the last detail, Star Flyer and Star Clipper entered service in the 1990s as the tallest clipper ships ever built, with main masts rising 226 feet and a maximum sailing speed of 17 knots with 170 passenger capacity. In 2000, the twin sister-ships were joined by Royal Clipper, the line's flagship and the first fully rigged square-rigger with five masts built since Preussen in l902 with passenger capacity of 227.