Amid the chaos of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new UK-based cruise venture has been launched, fronted by former Saga Cruises chief operating officer and ex-UK Royal Navy captain Stuart McQuaker.

Tradewind Voyages — which has no connection to TradeWinds newspaper — will operate the 8,770-gt Golden Horizon, which is a unique deluxe cruiseship built to the design of a traditional five-masted, square-rigged sailing ship by Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit.