Wind Surf

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.^[1] Wind Surf had been owned and operated by Club Med under the name Club Med 1, and was later transferred to Windstar Cruises.

Wind Surf leaving Venice
History
Name	1989–1990: La Fayette 1990–1998: Club Med 1 1998 onwards: Wind Surf
Owner	Windstar Cruises
Operator	1990–1998: Club Med 1998 onwards: Windstar Cruises
Port of registry	1989–1990: Le Havre, France 1990–1998: Mata-Utu (Wallis & Futuna Islands), France 1998–2006: Nassau, Bahamas 2006–2007: Rotterdam, Netherlands 2007 onwards: Nassau, Bahamas
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	Call sign: C6IO6 IMO number: 8700785 MMSI number: 309242000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	14,745 GT 1,654 DWT
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)[1]
Capacity	386 passengers
Crew	214

MSY Wind Surf cruise sailing along the coast of Venice, from the bell tower of San Giorgio Maggiore (13/05/2019)

History

La Fayette was launched in 1989 at the Société Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre [fr], France, renamed Club Med 1^[2] 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. In 2013, she was featured in the season 7, episode 3, of a Discovery TV series, called Mighty Ships.

See also

• List of large sailing vessels