MV Wight Sky
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Wight Sky |
| Owner: | Wightlink |
| Operator: | Wightlink |
| Route: | Lymington to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight |
| Ordered: | 12 March 2007 |
| Builder: | Kraljevica, Croatia |
| Yard number: | 551 |
| Laid down: | 13 August 2007 |
| Launched: | 14 April 2008 |
| Status: | In Construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wight Class |
| Displacement: | 1,495 Tonnes at Full Capacity |
| Length: | 62m |
| Beam: | 16m |
| Draught: | 2.30m at Full Capacity |
| Decks: | Two Passenger & three Car Decks |
| Installed power: | 4 Volvo D16MHs (6 cylinder, 552 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Voith Schneider 21 R5/135 propeller units |
| Speed: | 11 Knots |
| Capacity: | 360 Passengers, 65 Small Cars, 110m of Freight Traffic |
| Crew: | Normally 10, can be as low as eight. |
MV Wight Sky is a new design of Car & Passenger Ferry operating on Wightlink's Lymington to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight route.
[edit] Design
The MV Wight Sky is a completely new design of vessel for Wightlink, using a more people friendly layout. The design utilises fixed and mobile mezzanine decks, complete disabled access & a larger cafe & sundeck area. The vessel is intended to last as long as the current C class vessels.
The MV Wight Sky was designed by naval architects Hart Fenton & Company.
[edit] Construction
The MV Wight Sky is being constructed at the Kraljevica shipyard in Croatia where she was launched on 14 April 2008, the second of three new Wightlink vessels to be completed.
Wight Sky is now be moored alongside her sister ship MV Wight Light and will be sailed by a select Wightlink Crew back from Croatia to Lymington over a period of 14 - 20 days towards the end of July 2008.
[edit] Service
The MV Wight Sky will join her sister ships MV Wight Light & MV Wight Sun in Lymington. The three current vessels that run the Lymington to Yarmouth Route will be retired and sent to Portsmouth for storage.
The Wight class vessels should be able to run to the timetable, with the scheduled crossing time of 30 minutes.
