Sailing ships are ships that use wind energy as propulsion. Throughout most of history, a sailing ship has been the most used type of ship on the world's seas. As the technology and knowledge of shipbuilders progressed, so did the progress of sailing ships in terms of their performance and quality. But at one point, science outgrew sailing ships and steam engines began to develop, and later other propulsion engines took over their place; the sail ship became unprofitable and fell out of use. At one point, cruise ships began appearing on the market. Such passenger ships require special International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations. Split Shipyard produces one of the largest and most beautiful passenger sailing ships in the world. The aim of this paper is to show the development of sailing ships as well as passenger ships, their division, and how it came about that sailing ships almost disappeared. Today we use them exclusively as passenger ships. The conclusion we can draw after reading the paper would be that the sailing ship has progressed from its humble beginnings through the centuries and reached its peak with the arrival of the clipper. However, at the same time, the rapid development of sailing ship technology pushed it out of use as the main means of transportation by sea, but kept it as a brand of excursion travel.