Wind Star
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Wind Star
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The Wind Star is a Wind Star operated by Windstar Cruises, offering intimate sailing yacht cruise itineraries in destinations such as the Caribbean and the Mediterranean depending on the season. The Wind Star belongs to a fleet of modern small-capacity sailing yachts, delivering a close-to-the-sea navigation experience and a boutique cruising atmosphere.
The Wind Star features comfortable stateroom-style cabins, elegant communal spaces, and a relaxed onboard ambiance. Sailing is prioritized when weather conditions allow, reinforcing the authentic maritime character of the experience. The Wind Star also emphasizes refined onboard dining within a premium setting consistent with the luxury positioning of Windstar Cruises.
The Wind Star is particularly well suited for travelers seeking a small-ship cruise that combines a sailing yacht experience, modern comfort, an intimate atmosphere, and coastal destination discovery in an elegant setting.
Itineraries of the Wind Star
Price and Availability Notice
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Ship's attributes
Services And Amenities
- Self-service laundry room
- Casino
- Jacuzzi
- Pool
- Beauty salon
- Spa & body care
Technical specifications
- Classe: Spirit Class
- Tonnage: 5307
- Speed: 10.0 knots
- Passengers: 249
- Length: 134 m
- Width: 16 m
History
- 1986: Année de construction
- 2001: Année de rénovation
Frequently Asked Questions
No. A daily service charge is posted automatically to your onboard account, per person per night, and another is added to bar purchases. The daily charge stays adjustable at the guest services desk, but you have to ask: it does not come off by itself.
No, they are charged as you drink, with a service charge added. That is the costliest difference between this line and a genuinely all-inclusive one, and it is also what the optional package is there to settle.
No, it is charged, unless you take the optional package that includes it. On a ship this size the satellite link is also more modest than on a large vessel: do not plan to work on board without checking first.
No, and it is the one item even the optional package does not cover. Excursions are charged in every case. Ask for the list and the detail before you leave: it is easier to weigh at home than at the counter on the first evening.
The All-In package bundles drinks, Wi-Fi and the daily service charge. It is bought before departure, not at the last minute on board, and it never covers excursions. Work it out against what you actually drink: for a light drinker it is not automatically worth it.
It depends entirely on the ship, and it is the most important thing to check in this fleet. The three sailing ships, the Wind Star, Wind Spirit and Wind Surf, have no lift and offer no adapted cabin. The three yachts, the Star Pride, Star Breeze and Star Legend, have a lift and advertise modified-accessible cabins.
With Windstar Cruises Marshall Islands, a Marshall Islands company whose principal office is in Miami. The general maritime law of the United States applies, and where it does not, Florida law. Personal injury goes to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Miami.
Yes, and it should be read before signing. Every claim other than personal injury or death is sent to binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in Miami. The contract also imposes a class-action waiver: you claim in your individual capacity.
They differ by claim type. Six months' written notice and one year to sue, for personal injury, illness or death. For everything else, ninety days' notice after the cruise ends and six months to start arbitration. Write the disembarkation date down somewhere.
Nothing establishes a Quebec licence for this carrier. Your protection comes from here: Voyages AquaTerra holds a licence from the Office de la protection du consommateur, your payments pass through a trust account, and your departure is covered by the compensation fund for travel agency customers.
No, and the contract says so in plain words: the carrier does not guarantee the itinerary. It may delay, change or cancel, and substitute the ship or the form of transport. On a sailing ship the weather weighs in as well: a call can be dropped because the anchorage will not hold.
Yes. Four masts, sails set and trimmed by computer, and diesel engines that take over when the wind fails. It is not a stage set: when conditions allow, the sails genuinely carry the ship, and you can hear it on board.
She came out of the Societe Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, in France, in 1986. She is the first of the three in her series. A refurbishment took place in 2023.
One hundred and forty-eight at double occupancy, up to one hundred and seventy-eight at maximum, with eighty-four crew and seventy-four cabins across five decks. That is fewer people than a single deck of an ordinary ship.
None. On the fleet's three sailing ships the cabins have portholes or windows, never balconies. If a balcony matters to you, look at the fleet's three yachts, which offer them.
