SeaDream Yacht Club

SeaDream Yacht Club
Private
Industry Transport
Founded 2002
Founder
  • Larry Pimentel
  • Atle Brynestad
Headquarters Oslo, Norway.
Area served
Key people
 Atle Brynestad, chairman and owner
Services Cruising
Website SeaDream Yacht Club

SeaDream Yacht Club is a private cruise line with its headquarters in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 2002 by Larry Pimentel, an American, and his business partner Atle Brynestad, the Norwegian founder of Seabourn Cruise Line. Brynestad has since become the company's chairman and sole owner.[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 catchcry 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 swimming, snorkelling, kayaking, windsurfing, waterskiing, etc.[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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SeaDream Yacht Club". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Golden, Fran (March 6, 2014). "10 best reasons to cruise with SeaDream Yacht Club". USA Today. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hutcheon, Helen (3 November 2013). "The fab four". The Australian. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kurosawa, Susan (3 May 2014). "Gone sailing". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

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