Golden Horizon
{{short description|Sail cruise ship, built 2000}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File: Golden Horizon at Brodosplit Shipyard.jpg |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Croatia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Croatia|civil}} |Ship name=Golden Horizon |Ship owner=Brodosplit |Ship operator= out of service |Ship registry=Split, Croatia |Ship route= |Ship ordered=2 December 2014 |Ship builder=Brodosplit |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=483 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=9 December 2015 |Ship launched=10 June 2017 |Ship completed=9 June 2021 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= 2021 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= | Ship identification = *Call sign: 9A6701
|Ship fate= |Ship status=Laid up |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Cruise ship | Ship tonnage = {{GT|8770}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = 162.22 m | Ship beam = 18.5 m | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = *Masts: 5
| Ship speed = 16 knots (20 max) | Ship capacity = 272 passengers | Ship crew = 159 | Ship notes = }} |
SV Golden Horizon is a steel-hulled five-masted barque rigged tall ship which is intended to serve as a cruise ship, but has almost never seen active service. Originally named Flying Clipper, the luxury vessel was designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, for Star Clippers Ltd. of Sweden, and built by the Brodosplit Shipyard in Split, Croatia. She is the largest sailing ship ever launched.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021|reason=Article "List of large sailing vessels" lists vessels that have been larger under every respective measure quantified for this ship}} Her design was based on France II, a famous French five-mast cargo windjammer built in 1911.[https://www.iims.org.uk/flying-clipper-worlds-largest-sailing-ship-launched-special-ceremony-croatia/ Flying Clipper, the world’s largest sailing ship, launched in special ceremony in Croatia], 12.06.2017
Due to a dispute with the shipyard, she was never delivered to Star Clippers. Instead, she has been chartered by Tradewind Voyages and renamed Golden Horizon.{{Cite web|last=Immen|first=Wallace|title=Flying Clipper Mystery Solved: the 5-Masted Ship will Sail from UK {{!}} The Cruisington Times|url=https://www.cruisington.com/the-mystery-of-flying-clipper-is-it-splits-ville-for-the-5-masted-ship/|access-date=2020-11-19|language=en-US}}
She entered into operation in May 2021.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=Start-up Tradewind Voyages reveals name of sailing ship and inaugural 2021 itineraries|url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/start-tradewind-voyages-reveals-name-sailing-ship-and-inaugural-2021-itineraries|access-date=2020-11-19|website=seatrade-cruise.com|language=en}} However the vessel was seized by UK authorities on the morning of the inaugural cruise over an ongoing financial dispute with Star Clippers.
Following withdrawal of finances by the Croatian owner of Golden Horizon, the Company 'Tradewind Voyages' has ceased trading. The vessel languishes in Split with a threat of sale to raise funds following bankruptcy proceedings of the Owner's Croatian Company.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
See also
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References
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External links
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- [https://www.goldenhorizonvessel.com/ Official Golden Horizon vessel website]
- [https://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review.cfm?ShipID=1098l Flying Clipper Overview]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.traveller.com.au/the-cruise-director-gx1gyb#ixzz4xpo3yr3e Star Clippers' newest, biggest sailing ship, Flying Clipper, to start sail in 2018]
- [http://maritimematters.com/2016/03/flying-clipper-named/ FLYING CLIPPER Named] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815174811/http://maritimematters.com/2016/03/flying-clipper-named/ |date=15 August 2017 }}
- [http://www.gospodarkamorska.pl/Stocznie,Offshore/zwodowano-najwiekszy-zaglowiec-swiata-zaprojektowal-go-zygmunt-choren.html Zwodowano największy żaglowiec świata. Zaprojektował go Zygmunt Choreń (wideo)]