Cruise West will rename its 102-passenger
ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, in conjunction with the ship's move
from the East Coast to Alaska in 2008. Its new name will be the
Spirit of Glacier Bay.
The small-ship
line said that a rechristening would be done in Seattle in spring
2008, before the ship heads to Alaska to begin operating in the
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
The ship will
continue sailing East Coast itineraries through 2007.
Dick West,
chairman and managing director of Cruise West, said this is the
second ship of that name to be part of the line's fleet. In 1990
Cruise West introduced a 52-guest ship called Spirit of Glacier Bay
that sailed a similar itinerary and was retired in 2001.
"It just makes
sense to reintroduce this name and get back to our roots," said
West.
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