A Fresh Breeze; Too old for wet T-shirt contests, too young for shuffleboard, too cool for traditional ocean liners? Then consider the Royal Clipper, a low-key, five-masted vessel that aims to win noncruisers over. From: The Washington Post | Date: October 6, 2002| Author: Gary Lee | Copyright 2002 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

My Caribbean cruise on the Royal Clipper opened on a few distressingly familiar notes. As passengers piled aboard the ship, women from Switzerland with brightly painted toenails mingled nervously with couples from Texas in rumpled shorts. Everybody slurped rum punch as if it were ice water. A band played "Don't Worry, Be Happy."

After pulling away from the port in Bridgetown, Barbados, however, it was clear that this ship would sail to a tune of its own. Assigned dining tables, standar...

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