Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross is a privately owned, four-masted barquentine, luxury superyacht. She operates from her home berth at Resorts World Sentosa on the island of Sentosa, Singapore. Royal Albatross is a luxury tall ship with four masts, 22 sails, more than 200 ropes, three decks and is comparable with a luxury yacht; but looks and operates like a galleon. Her sails and rigging were designed by Jim Barry who designed the ship for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. After a 5.5-year reconstruction, Royal Albatross has a passenger capacity of 200 (alongside) and 149 (sailing) on a continuous upper deck. Royal Albatross started her life in Chicago where she was known as Windy II, cruising the Great Lakes prior to a journey in 2008 that brought her over 15,000 kilometres (9,300 mi) from the temperate climates of North America to the tropical waters of South East Asia. She was the first U.S. certified four-masted barquentine since 1920. Since arriving in Singapore, approximately 360,000 hours were invested in re-designing, re-fitting and certifying Royal Albatross to operate commercially in Singapore and beyond. Her current specifications features 22 sails, 650 square metres (7,000 sq ft) of canvas, and over 60,000 RGB lights.