Ocean Navigator magazine's School of Seamanship and the specialty
travel service Sailing Ship Adventures are sponsoring a Navigation
Seminar at Sea aboard the tall ship Royal Clipper on a transatlantic
sailing from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean Sea, departing April
16, 2006. The seminar's lead instructor, Captain John Carlisle, will
teach celestial & electronic navigation, ocean track plotting & voyage
planning, and satellite weather data acquisition. The seminar is
intended for serious offshore sailors who are preparing themselves for
their own ocean passages.

"The Royal Clipper is what makes this navigation seminar
different", according to Dexter Donham, President of Sailing Ship
Adventures. "At 440 feet, she is the world's largest full-rigged
sailing ship, offering comfortable staterooms, fine dining, a library
with fireplace, piano bar, spa, health club, and superb service. With
five masts and 42 sails, Royal Clipper offers an authentic
ocean-crossing sailing experience." Unlike similar seminars at sea,
students are encouraged to bring family members or companions not
attending the seminar to enjoy the transatlantic sailing adventure with
them.

Classes will be taught morning & afternoon while underway, with noon &
evening sextant practice. Students will have frequent briefings with
Royal Clipper's Captain and officers, and will enjoy an open bridge
policy.

The 16-night voyage from Bridgetown, Barbados to Malaga, Spain includes
a stop at Punta Delgada in Portugal's Azores Islands. Prices begin
at $3,675 per passenger, double occupancy, for the voyage plus seminar,
and just $2,425 for the voyage without the seminar. Passengers may
extend the 16-night voyage to 21 nights, arriving in Civitavecchia
(port of Rome), Italy on May 7th. Additional port calls will include
Palma, Majorca and Mahon, Minorca, in Spain's Balearic Islands.

The seminar and sailing may be booked through Sailing Ship Adventures.
Further information is available on the Sailing Ship Adventures Web
site. www.sailingshipadventures.com.

Royal Clipper is just one of many tall ships, schooners and other
sailing vessels available to vacationers through Sailing Ship
Adventures, which is located in Wellesley, MA. Information on ships,
schedules, pricing, and theme voyages, can be found at the company's
Web site, or by calling 1-877-882-4395, toll free, Monday through
Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Eastern Time.