Cruise Date Set

This past March in St. Petersburg, FL, Barbie and I took a 2 hour sunset cruise aboard the The Schooner "Ellida". After that she was hooked. Barbie's life long dream was to take an ocean cruise so today we booked a Caribbean cruise aboard Windjammer Barefoot Cruises' S/V Yankee Clipper. We will fly to St. George's, Grenada for a week of sailing on a "tall ship" between Grenada and St. Vincent boarding on November 25th. Why a Windjammer cruise you ask? 1st I really didn't have an interest cruising on a large floating hotel and 2nd after watching the movies Pirates of the Caribbeans, Barbie wanted to sail through and visit the beautiful Caribbean Islands where the movies were filmed. History
Built in 1927, CRESSIDA, was one of the only armor plated private yachts in the world. Confiscated during World War II as a war prize, she was later acquired by the Vanderbilts and renamed PIONEER. Racing off Newport Beach, California, PIONEER was considered one of the fastest tall ships on the west coast. In 1965, she joined the Windjammer fleet and was christened YANKEE CLIPPER.

Ship Specifications
Berths: 64
Crew: 30
Length: 197 Ft
Beam: 30 Ft
Draft: 17 Ft

Click on the label below to read our adventure aboard about the Ellida.