On 6 February 2001 the time had come: In the harbor of Las Palmas, godmother Sabine Christiansen broke a bottle of champagne across the bow of the gleaming white barque and proclaimed: “I christen you the ‘SEA CLOUD II’”.

… Years earlier, the project got underway to give the legendary SEA CLOUD a modern sister. But before the SEA CLOUD II could take her maiden voyage, a few obstacles had to be overcome: