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Sailoé - Lagoon Catamaran

Lagoon catamaran is a brand of twin-hulled boats that are designed and produced in Bordeaux, France. The company began in 1984 as a specialist multihull division of Jeanneau, a volume monohull constructor. Parent organization: Beneteau.

 

This catamaran is seen here in the Port of Arrecife de Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, on 18/11/2023.

 

This photo was taken from P&O Cruises - MS Iona - IMO: 9826548.

 

MS Iona had arrived here earlier in the morning from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where she had departed from in the early evening prior while on a 14-night cruise to the Canary Islands, Portugal and Spain. Iona had departed from Southampton, UK, in the early evening of 11/11/2023. Next stop; Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, on 19/11/2023, for which she is now awaiting departure for.

 

MS Iona was completed on 09/10/2020 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany. She was laid down on 29/05/2019, launched on 18/02/2020 and Christened by Dame Irene Hays(Hays Travel), on 16/05/2021 with her maiden voyage on the 07/08/2021. She is from the Excellence Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 184,089, has nineteen decks of which eighteen are passenger accessible, eleven of those with cabins, giving a maximum passenger capacity of 5,206 and 1,762 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä LNG engines giving a total installed power of 67.1MW(82,700hp) giving a service speed of around 17 knots.

 

The itinerary was: Southampton - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - Lisbon, Portugal - A Coruña, Spain - Southampton. This itinerary was a change from the original scheduled one to a maritime pilots strike in Portugal. It should have been Funchal first then the other three islands in order then Cadiz, Spain and an overnight stay in Lisbon. © Peter Steel 2023.

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Uploaded on May 2, 2024
Taken on November 18, 2023