The ships
Small ships, chartered whole.
Our ships' intimate settings do not allow for large numbers, which is the point. Most of our voyages sail with SEA CLOUD CRUISES; on rivers and in the Galápagos we choose ships built for those waters.
SEA CLOUD CRUISES · three tall ships
Three-masted barque · in service since 2001
SEA CLOUD II
FCV's ship for the Travels of Paul: about ninety guests, 47 cabins and 32,150 square feet of canvas set by hand.
Step aboard SEA CLOUD IIFour-masted barque · built 1931
SEA CLOUD
The private yacht of Marjorie Merriweather Post, built at Kiel in 1931, and still sailing with her owners' suites intact.
Step aboard SEA CLOUDFull-rigged ship · launched 2021
SEA CLOUD SPIRIT
The youngest and largest of the three: 136 guests, 25 cabins with balconies, a spa, and sails still set by hand.
Step aboard SEA CLOUD SPIRIT
Rivers and islands
AmaWaterways
AmaSintra
Built for the Douro and christened in Porto in 2025: 102 guests, floor-to-ceiling windows in nearly every stateroom.
AmaWaterways
AmaLucia
One of AmaWaterways' newest ships on the Rhine, chartered whole by FCV for Advent 2027: 78 staterooms.
Lindblad Expeditions
National Geographic Islander II
An intimate expedition ship chartered year-round in the Galápagos, with naturalists, kayaks and a glass-bottom boat.
AmaWaterways
AmaDahlia
A 68-guest Nile ship with 16 suites and a heated pool on the sun deck.