Stretching of Cruise Ships: Why Cruise Ships Are Being Cut in Half?

According to an article published in Traveller, a few weeks ago, John Delaney, president of Seattle-based Windstar Cruises, stood on a scaffold at a historic shipyard in Palermo, Italy, and took a blowtorch to the Star Breeze, a 30-year-old, 212-passenger motor yacht.

Ceremony to cut vessel in half

With sparks flying, and shipyard workers and invited guests cheering him on, Delany made the final vertical cut to chop Star Breeze in half. But he was hardly destroying the small ship-he was doing...

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$250 Million Windstar Ship Lengthening and Renovation Project Starts

  • As part of Windstar’s $250 Million Star Plus Initiative, it has taken half of its entire fleet – Star Breeze, Star Legend, and Star Pride for renovation.
  • The popular ships will be cut in half to allow the installation of a new stepped mid-body section that will lengthen each vessel by approximately 25 meters.
  • The total capacity will be 312 guests, and additional staff will be hired in order to maintain the line’s impressive 1.5 to 1 guest to service staff ratio.

According to an article by Sea...

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