Wind Song (ship)
Wind Song in Bora Bora
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| History | |
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| Name | Wind Song |
| Owner | Windstar Cruises Ltd. |
| Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre, France |
| Launched | August 1986 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | fire onboard on December 1, 2002, scuttled on January 23, 2003 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 5,307 GT |
| Length | 134 m (439.63 ft) |
| Beam | 15.8 m (51.84 ft) |
| Draught | 4.1 m (13.45 ft) |
| Installed power | (3150 kW) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Capacity | 159 passengers |
Wind Song was a 4-masted motor sailing yacht used as a cruise ship by Windstar Cruises from 1987 until 2002, when the ship suffered an engine room fire.
Wind Song was one of an unusual class of only three vessels (Wind Star, Wind Spirit and Wind Song), designed as a modern cruise ship but carrying an elaborate system of computer-controlled sails on four masts. The ship's usual itinerary was an inter-island cruise in French Polynesia and in the Bahamas.