Wind Spirit (ship)
Appearance
Wind Spirit
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History | |
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Name | Wind Spirit |
Owner | Windstar Cruises Ltd.[2] |
Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre, France |
Launched | 13 July 1987[1] |
Acquired | 24 March 1988[1] |
Commissioned | April 1988[1] |
Identification | list error: <br /> list (help) Call sign: C6CY9 IMO number: 8603509 MMSI: 309056000 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 5,307 GT[2] |
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 | 148 passengers |
Crew | 90 |
The msy Wind Spirit is a motor sailing yacht, sailing as a cruise ship for Windstar Cruises. She is one of an unusual class of only three vessels (msy Wind Star, msy Wind Spirit and msy Wind Song), designed as a modern cruise ship but carrying an elaborate system of computer-controlled sails on four masts.
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wind Spirit (ship, 1988).
- Windstar Cruises – official site
- "Wind Spirit" – review by Douglas Ward in The Daily Telegraph, London.