Sail West
Travel Around the World with Steve & Kim
Updates!
Whales
February 16, 2024 At sea. After 5 weeks at sea, today we finally saw whales. So, dolphins twice Orcas once Whales once. That’s a pretty poor showing!
Mystery on the Dock
February 15, 2024 New Plymouth, NZ Our last day in New Zealand, for a couple of years. It was just another day until……..wait, let me back up a little. Throughout this...
Next stop Austraila
February 14, 2024 Happy Valentine’s Day all. We spent the day in the small town of Picton. When Kim came back to the ship for lunch, she said she wanted me to go see...
Wellington
February 13, 2024 With the Super Bowl in the rear-view mirror, we spent the rest of the day cruising to Wellington. As usual, Kim shall go exploring and I will go on watch...
Super Bowl Monday
February 12, 2024 Super Bowl Monday! Starts in 2 hours. So, last night after I went back to my harbor master duties, I was able to safely move cargo ships in and out. ...
Harbor Master
February 11, 2024 First a shout out to my brother- and sister-in-law for a successful 45 years of marriage. Kip is Kim’s little brother. I have been told there is a...
Goodbye Auckland
February 10, 2024 As we left Auckland Harbor this evening, we finally saw some sea life. We spotted a pod of Orcas! The last time we saw anything in the Ocean was way...
Masts of New Zealand
Did you know that New Zealand has more sailboats per capita than any other counrty in the world? It's true!
Auckland
February 8, 2024 Another day, another Island in New Zealand. From where we anchored, we could see Auckland, so why did it take 13 hours for us to sail...
New Zeland
February 7, 2024 I keep forgetting to tell you that two days ago we crossed the Antemeridian. It is longitude 180, it splits the world in half. The Meridian goes thru...
Timeline
Departs Los Angeles – January 10th
Arrives Athens – June 5th
Arrives Singapore – May 2nd
Our Cruise
28 Countries
72 Ports
Our Ship
| Year of build | 2010 / Age: 14 |
| Flag state | Bahamas |
| Builder | T. Mariotti (Genoa, Italy) |
| Class | Mega Yacht |
| Building cost | USD 250 million |
| Speed | 19 kn / 35 km/h / 22 mph |
| Length (LOA) | 198 m / 650 ft |
| Beam (width) | 25 m / 82 ft |
| Gross Tonnage | 32346 gt |
| Passengers | 450 – 540 |
| Crew | 330 |
| Passengers-to-space ratio | 60 |
| Decks | 11 |
| Cabins | 225 |
| Decks with cabins | 7 |
| Last Refurbishment | 2018 |
| Sister-ships | Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Quest |
| Christened by | Lesley Lawson (Twiggy) |
| Owner | Carnival Corporation & PLC (via Seabourn Cruise Line Ltd) |
| Operator | Seabourn Cruises |
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