Club Med 2
| 300px The Club Med 2 in the harbour of Capri | |
| Career (Wallis and Futuna) | 70px |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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).
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.
External link
| Club Med 2
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