The Club Med 2 in the harbour of Capri
Career (Wallis and Futuna)
Name:	Club Med 2
Owner:	Club Med
Operator:	Club Med
Port of registry:	Wallis and Futuna
Route:	Winter in Caribbean, summer in Mediterranean
Ordered:	1992
Builder:	Club Med
Cost:	3,000,000 Euros[1]
Yard number:	1567
Way number:	1674
Laid down:	Le Havre, France 1992 by Société nouvelle des ateliers et chantiers du Havre
Launched:	1996
Christened:	1996 by Unknown[1]
Completed:	1996
Acquired:	1996
Maiden voyage:	1996
In service:	1996
Out of service:	In Service
Fate:	In service
Status:	In service
Notes:	None
General characteristics
Class and type:	BV
Tonnage:	14,983 (Tons)
Displacement:	14,983
Length:	194 metre
Beam:	20 metre
Height:	80 metre
Draught:	5.09
Depth:	70 metre
Decks:	8
Deck clearance:	20 ft (6.1 m)
Ice class:	None
Installed power:	Two diesel-electric engines and computer-operated sails
Propulsion:	Two diesel-electric engines and computer-operated sails
Sail plan:	ca. 26,000 sq ft in seven triangular Dacron self-furled sails on five masts
Speed:	10 - 15 knots[1]
Capacity:	386 passengers plus 214 crew, total 600
Crew:	214 crew
Notes:	None

The Club Med 2 is a five-masted computer-controlled sailing ship owned and operated by Club Med and operated as a cruise ship. She combines the power of seven computer-operated sails with more traditional diesel-electric power, having four diesel generators that power two electric motors.

The Club Med 2 was launched in 1992 in Le Havre, France. Its sister ship the Club Med 1 was sold to Windstar Cruises and renamed msy Wind Surf in 1998.

The ship, one of the largest sailing cruise ships in the world, carrying up to 386 passengers with a crew of 214, sails the waters of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea in the summertime, and the Caribbean in the winter, finding its way into anchorages larger cruise ships cannot reach.

The ship provides ballroom dancing, bridge and music, and sails at night making a stop each morning. A water sports deck can be deployed from the stern. The Club Med 2's European destinations include ports in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Aegean Sea. Transatlantic voyages are offered in the spring (eastbound) and fall (westbound).

[edit] History

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 built by Sociéte Nouvelle de Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, France.

[edit] Reference

1. ^ ^{a b c} Club Med 2 Cruise Review - Club Med - Cruise Critic

[edit] External link

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