Club Med 2
{{Short description|Computer-controlled staysail schooner}}
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|Ship registry = Mata-Utu |Ship fate = |Ship status = In service |Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header = |Header caption = |Ship class = |Ship tonnage = * {{GT|14,983}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/227194000|title=Ship CLUB MED 2 (Passenger Ship) Registered in France - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 9007491, MMSI 227194000, Call Sign FNIR}} |Ship length = {{convert|194|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |Ship beam = {{convert|20|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |Ship height = {{convert|80|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |Ship draught = {{convert|5.09|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |Ship decks = 8 |Ship deck clearance = {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship ice class = |Ship sail plan = Staysail schooner, ca. {{convert|26,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} in seven triangular Dacron self-furled sails on five masts |Ship power = Two diesel-electric engines and computer-operated sails |Ship propulsion = |Ship speed = {{convert|10 |
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|Ship capacity = 386 passengers |Ship crew = 214 |Ship notes = }} |
Club Med 2 is a five-masted computer-controlled staysail schooner owned and operated by Club Med and operated as a cruise ship. It combines the power of seven computer-operated sails with more traditional diesel-electric power, having four diesel generators that power two electric motors. Club Med 2 was launched in 1992 in Le Havre, France. Her sister ship Club Med 1 was sold to Windstar Cruises and renamed 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, Aegean Sea and Adriatic Sea in the summertime and the Caribbean in the winter, finding her way into anchorages larger cruise ships cannot reach. Transatlantic voyages are offered in the spring (eastbound) and fall (westbound).
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.
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 Société Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, France.
See also
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Club Med 2 (ship, 1992)}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090310235851/http://www.clubmed.fr/cm/sejours-antilles-caraibes-france-club-med-2-le-bateau_p-133-l-FR-v-CM2C-r-1-ac-vh.html clubmed.fr – official site]