Star Clipper Review
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The most important thing to bear in mind if you are looking at the Star Clipper is that this is a sailing holiday and not a cruise. Unlike the big cruise ships, these ships do not have stabilizers and therefore there can be quite a lot of rocking and rolling if the sea is anyway rough. On the first night's sailing a substantial number of passengers suffered from sea sickness including my wife! The ship's nurse was on hand with sea sickness tablets and if you feel that you may be prone to this, takes a tablet early.
Getting on board
Arrival and check-in was quite painless and as there is a maximum of 170 passengers, there was no queuing. The company do the usual thing on cruise ships by welcoming you on board with a cocktail and a buffet but on this ship you can probably meet most of you fellow passengers in one go!
Cabin Review
Our Cat 4 cabin was at the rear of the ship and was smaller and not so well laid out as our friends cabin which was also a cat 4 but was at the very front. My wife preferred to sleep nearest the toilet ( she was sea sick!) so this meant that when I arrived late back from the bar, I had to climb over her to get into bed.