Club Med 2

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Career (Wallis and Futuna)
Club Med 2 is a 5-masted cruise ship owned by Club Med. The sails are deployed by computer control. Club Med 2 was launched in 1992 in Le Havre, France. The ship, carrying up to 400 passengers with a crew of 200, cruises the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Atlantic.
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
Launched:	1996
Christened:	1996 by Unknown^[2]
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:	187 Meters
Beam:	20 Meters
Height:	80 Meters
Draught:	5.09
Draft:	5.09
Depth:	70 Meters
Decks:	8
Deck clearance:	20 ft (6.1 m)
Ice class:	None
Installed power:	Computer operated sails
Propulsion:	Computer operasted sails
Sail plan:	Square sails
Speed:	22 knots (13 knots) ^[1]
Capacity:	386 passengers plus 214 crew, total 600
Crew:	214 crew
Notes:	None

Club Med 2 is a new breed of ship that combines computer assisted sail power with a more traditional power plant. The five-masted vessel sails the waters of the Mediterranean and Adriatic 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. The Club Med 2's European destinations include ports in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Aegean. Transatlantic voyages are offered in the spring (eastbound) and fall (westbound).