SeaDream Yacht Club

SeaDream Yacht Club
Company typePrivate
IndustryTransport
Founded2001
Founder
HeadquartersOslo, Norway.
Area served
Key people
  • Atle Brynestad, chairman and owner
  • Andreas Brynestad, President and CEO
ServicesCruising
WebsiteSeaDream Yacht Club

SeaDream Yacht Club[needs Norwegian IPA] is a private cruise line with its headquarters in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 2001 by Atle Brynestad, the Norwegian founder of Seabourn Cruise Line.[1]

Market position

According to USA Today, "SeaDream Yacht Club delivers a luxurious, yet low-key experience that's appealing even to those who don't usually cruise."[2] SeaDream's slogan is "it's yachting, not cruising".[3] The company's passengers are likely to be SeaDream repeaters, and to feel like members of a club: "It's a well-traveled, cultured, convivial bunch, mostly Americans and Europeans and mostly couples, age 40 and up."[2]

As of 2014, SeaDream's destinations included the Mediterranean, Caribbean, northern Europe and Asia-Pacific.[4]

Fleet

SeaDream runs a fleet of two small cruise ships, formerly operated by Sea Goddess Cruises:[1][4]

Ship Built Builder Crew Passengers Notes Image
SeaDream I 1984 Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard 95 112 ex-Sea Goddess I, Seabourn Goddess I.
SeaDream II 1985 Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard 95 112 ex-Sea Goddess II, Seabourn Goddess II.

The two ships have been said to offer "... clubby scale, [and a] sense of privacy and exclusivity ...", but with lodgings not as luxurious as those of Seabourn or Silversea vessels. Each is equipped with a watersports marina that can be lowered for activities such as swimming, snorkelling, kayaking, windsurfing, and waterskiing.[4] Both ships are stocked with complimentary equipment for waterborne activities, including wave runners, glass-bottom kayaks, Laser sailboats, a banana boat, water skis, snorkeling gear and standup paddleboards. Also available are mountain bikes for use ashore.[2]

Future ships

On March 20, 2019, the company announced the purchase of a new 220-passenger ship, SeaDream Innovation, from Damen Shipyards. It was planned to start sailing in September 2021.[5] It was cancelled the same year [6]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b "SeaDream Yacht Club". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Golden, Fran (6 March 2014). "10 best reasons to cruise with SeaDream Yacht Club". USA Today. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ^ Hutcheon, Helen (3 November 2013). "The fab four". The Australian. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Kurosawa, Susan (3 May 2014). "Gone sailing". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. ^ Staff, C. I. N. (20 March 2019). "SeaDream Inks Deal for New 220-Guest Seven-Continent Vessel from Damen". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ Article in Cruise Industry News