What if, traveling throughout the islands of French Polynesia, you could choose to sail and to cruise, both? It turns out that you can. Beginning in February 2027, Windstar is shifting its 148-guest Wind Star to its new year-round homeport of Papeete where it joins 312-guest Star Breeze, already ensconced there.
The addition of a second year-round ship in what Windstar president Chris Prelog describes as “paradise on earth,” isn’t so much about two ships with very different styles, though Wind Star is, of course, a sailing vessel, and Star Breeze is one of the line’s more cruise-like motor yachts. It’s more about expanding the destination, he tells me. Wind Star will pretty much sail, exclusively, the 7-night “Dreams of Tahiti” route, which focuses on the fabulous Society Islands of Moorea, Bora Bora, Raiatea and Huahine.
