Wind Surf (ship)
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![]() Wind Surf leaving Venice
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History | |
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Owner | Windstar Cruises |
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Port of registry |
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Ordered | 1986 |
Builder | Societe Nouvelle Des Ateliers et Chantier du Havre |
Yard number | 274 |
Laid down | Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, France 1988 by Société nouvelle des ateliers et chantiers du Havre |
Launched | January 1989 |
Completed | 27 December 1989 |
Maiden voyage | 1990 |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 187 m (614 ft) |
Beam | 20 m (66 ft) |
Height | 80 m (262 ft) |
Draught | 5.09 m (17 ft) |
Decks | 8 |
Deck clearance | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
Installed power | Four diesel-electric engines and computer-operated sails |
Sail plan | Staysail schooner, ca. 2,400 m2 (26,000 sq ft) in seven triangular Dacron self-furled sails on five masts |
Speed | 10–15 knots (19–28 km/h; 12–17 mph) |
Capacity | 386 passengers |
Crew | 214 |
MSY Wind Surf is a five-mast staysail schooner that is one of the largest sailing cruise ships in the world, and can carry up to 342 passengers, in a total of 150 ocean-view staterooms, 18 ocean-view suites and 2 deluxe bridge suites,[1] along with a crew of 210.[2] Prior to being transferred to Windstar Cruises and being renamed, Wind Surf was known as Club Med 1, and was owned and operated by Club Med.
History[]
La Fayette was launched in 1989 at the France, renamed Club Med 1 on 14 January 1990. Her sister ship Club Med 2 was launched in 1992 in the same shipyard. Club Med 1 made her maiden voyage in 1990, and sailed for Club Med for eight years.
,In 1998, Club Med 1 was sold to Windstar Cruises and renamed Wind Surf. The ship was based on Windstar Cruises' smaller 5,350-ton, 148-passenger Wind Star, Wind Spirit and Wind Song motor sailing yachts. All were also built by Société Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, France.
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External links[]
Media related to IMO 8700785 at Wikimedia Commons
- 1989 ships
- Cruise ships
- Five-masted ships
- Ships built in France