European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A club med i computerized sailing vessel is world s biggest club med i a hedonistic blend of cruise ship and floating club med vacation Village. The world s largest sailing ship is currently plying Caribbean Waters. A passengers basking in the Caribbean on the Pool deck of club med i. Editors note As Long As two football Fields placed end to end the world s largest sailing ship is now in service. The Rece nity launched club med i will sail the Caribbean in the Winter and the Mediterranean in the summer with a passenger list of mostly Young adults looking for fun and games. And Don t worry if there is no wind the sails Are just boosters for the ship s diesel  Hugh a. Mulligan associated press when a sudden blow came up on the Spanish main the other Day. No bearded Bosun bellowed Quot All hands aloft to Bend Canvas reef and furl sa3.&Quot the Captain just pushed a Button and the computer located behind the  cited up the seven enormous sails like window shades. In seconds it set about controlling the list of the world s largest sailing ship now in service. I am in love with this ship she Maneu vers just like a fish a enthused Alain Lambert Captain of the recently launched gub med i presiding Over a console of dials Scopes and screens. A even in the roughest seas she just stays on the Waves. On the passage from the Canary islands to Cape verde during our Maiden voyage m january we had 40-knot winds and the computer reduced sail  As we headed toward the . Virgin islands on one leg of a seven Day cruise out of Guadeloupe with 220 passengers on Board a weathered old Schooner with Dungy Brown Sals crossed our Bow. The Captain a a spoke to her with a Frier Fly blast on the foghorn. Quot for me this is something glorious a whole new Fife Quot he said studying a be floss screen that in dancing graphics showed the sails receding on the five alumni atm masts and the booms changing pcs c it s like going Back a Century to find a passenger or p that locks like a ship and not like a heating Soapbox notice wherever we go they Admire  As we entered the Harbor at Charlotte a a s a whole flotilla of yachts fishing smacks son see Quot Craft even a straying ferry ventured rear the a. Me South sea islanders dieted capt. James dec s -v5 endeavour in their outrigger canoes at Anchor a huge Stem ramp was lowered a a world War a Landing Craft to disgorge an to rods m water ski boats windsurf boards Salmi soaps several boatloads of scuba divers should Eric a  is and a school of web footed Soo Sketers. Jean Yves Soriez. The ship s surgeon adms m. M party the German second mate owe Heoe 5 took leave of the Bridge to pin the water skers. Meanwhile a Long file of passengers some a a shirts proclaiming a when the going gets Riouz a 2 Tough go shopping a went Down the Jong cargo into the Bobbing tenders for an assault on me pm. Is shops and restaurants of the . A Sigri Isiacc cac .a1 is this a cruise ship like dozens c c Caribbean Waters offering the Seago go m 2 of shuffleboard glitzy floor shows. Boy a 5 the Sun deck and Black tie Captain s a me 5 or is it a floating club med Village.  5 the 110 others around the Globe to Macro so sumptuous Buffet meals with wine Casca and if estates in an atmosphere of ebullient camaraderie some of both. Village veterans on their first cruise w Onofreo whether chef de Village Janycky Daudet outranked the Captain in the reception Fine at the Welcom Repage 14 a a a the stars and stripes monday