Engineering:Wind Star (ship)

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Wind Star
History
Name: Wind Star
Owner: Windstar Cruises Ltd.[1]
Port of registry: Nassau,  Bahamas
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre, France
Launched: 13 November 1985
Acquired: 1986
Commissioned: 1986
Identification:
General characteristics
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 5,307 GT[1]
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

Wind Star is a motor sailing yacht, sailing as a cruise ship for Windstar Cruises. She is one of an unusual class of only three vessels (Wind Star, Wind Spirit and Wind Song), designed as a modern cruise ship but carrying an elaborate system of computer-controlled sails on four masts.

See also

  • List of large sailing vessels

References