Wind Surf
Wind Surf leaving Venice | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner | Windstar Cruises |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| 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 |
| Identification |
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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 wind |
| Propulsion | Computer-operated sails, and two electric motors |
| Sail plan | Staysail schooner, ca. 2,400 m2 (26,000 sq ft) in seven triangular Dacron self-furled sails on five masts |
| Speed | Engines: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph); engines with wind assistance: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity | 386 passengers |
| Crew | 214 |
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MSY Wind Surf is a five-mast staysail schooner that is one of the largest sailing cruise ships in the world, with two electric propulsion motors powered by four diesel electric generating sets also. She can carry up to 342 passengers, in a total of 150 ocean-view staterooms, 18 ocean-view suites and 2 deluxe bridge suites, with a crew of 210. Wind Surf had been owned and operated by Club Med under the name Club Med 1, and was later transferred to Windstar Cruises.