Windstar has announced a second eclipse cruise for August 2026 onboard the Wind Spirit.
Setting sail from Rome on Aug. 6, 2026, on a seven-night Mediterranean Sunset Eclipse cruise, the yacht will visit Bastia and Calvi, Corsica; Alghero, Sardinia; feature two full days at sea and visit Mahon, Menorca.
“Eclipse cruises are popular because ships at sea can position for clear views,” said Jess Peterson, Windstar’s director of destination experiences and itinerary planning.
“Our first cruise to coincide with the 2026 eclipse in Iceland sold out quickly. We then looked at our deployment plans to see what other ships we had nearby the path of totality and the Wind Spirit made sense,” added Peterson.
The company said in a press release that on Aug. 12, the yacht will strategically position itself north of Mallorca, Spain, to have a clear view of the horizon for a prime view of the eclipse (weather permitting). The sailing ends in Barcelona, Spain, on Aug. 13.
The 2026 solar eclipse path of totality will pass over Spain and Portugal and last for two minutes and 18 seconds.
The press release said that from Mallorca, the sun will be only a few degrees above the western horizon at 8:30 pm when the moon fully covers the sun.
Before the eclipse event, the Wind Spirit will sail to four ports on three Mediterranean islands:
- Bastia, Corsica:
- Calvi, Corsica:
- Alghero, Sardinia, and
- Mahon, Menorca.
Windstar Cruises added that the company is celebrating 40 years of operating yacht-style cruises and that the Star Seeker joins the fleet in December 2025, followed by the Star Explorer in December 2026. The Star Seeker will be christened in Miami on Jan. 15, 2026.
