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Windstar (other)
Windstar may be: * Ford Windstar, a minivan * Windstar Cruises, a cruise line ** '' Wind Star (ship)'', one of Windstar's sailing vessels * Windstar Foundation, an environmental education organization founded by John Denver and Thomas Crum * Windstar Records Windstar Records (originally Windsong Records) is a record label based in Snowmass, Colorado, founded by John Denver in 1976. The label primarily caters to folk music artists and bands, and has signed acts such as Denver, Starland Vocal Band (an ..., a record label founded by John Denver * Windstar turbine, a vertical axis wind turbine * Zero Gravity Windstar, a South Korean paraglider design {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Windstar
The Ford Windstar (later the Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey) is a minivan that was produced and sold by Ford Motor Company, Ford. The replacement for the Ford Aerostar, the Windstar adopted the front-wheel drive configuration of the Chrysler minivans. From the 1995 to 2007 model years, three generations of the model line were sold, with the final generation renamed as the Ford Freestar. Unrelated to the Nissan-developed Mercury Villager, the Windstar was marketed without a Lincoln-Mercury counterpart. As part of the 2004 launch of the Ford Freestar, Mercury introduced its first Ford-produced minivan in a revival of the Mercury Monterey nameplate. Following a decline in sales across the minivan segment in the mid-2000s, the Freestar and Monterey were discontinued after the 2007 model year with no direct replacement. In North America, the model line was functionally matched by the 7-passenger 2008 Ford Taurus X wagon/CUV; in Mexico, the Freestar was replaced by the Ford Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windstar Cruises
Windstar Cruises is a cruise line that operates a fleet of small luxury cruise ships. Its six yachts carry just 148 to 310 guests and cruise to 50 nations, calling at 150 ports throughout Europe, the South Pacific, the Caribbean, and Central America. In May 2014, Windstar added to its sailing yachts by adding the ''Star Pride'' power yacht, followed by ''Star Breeze'' and ''Star Legend'' in May 2015. The additional capacity opened up new itineraries such as voyages to Iceland, the Panama Canal, and Costa Rica and allowed Windstar Cruises to sail Tahiti year round. History Founded by ship entrepreneur Karl G. Andrén, the line was established as Windstar Sail Cruises in 1984, and its first ship, the ''Wind Star'' was launched in 1986, and was followed by the '' Wind Song'' which was launched in 1987 and '' Wind Spirit'' which was launched in 1988. Two additional ships were ordered from the French "Sociéte Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre" shipyard: the ''Wind Surf'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wind Star (ship)
''Wind Star'' is a motor sailing yacht, sailing as a cruise ship for Windstar Cruises. She is one of an unusual class of only three vessels (''Wind Star'', and ), designed as a modern cruise ship but carrying an elaborate system of computer-controlled sails on four masts. See also *List of large sailing vessels This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships. It is sorted by overall length. The list, which is in the form of a table, covers vessel ... Official website References Cruise ships Four-masted ships Individual sailing vessels 1985 ships {{Cruise-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windstar Foundation
The Windstar Foundation was an environmental education and humanitarian organization founded by John Denver and Thomas Crum in 1976 to conserve of land in Snowmass, Colorado, where it had its headquarters. Windstar educated all age groups about the environment on a world-wide level. The Foundation closed its doors in October 2012, voted to dissolve, and sold its property for $8.5 million in early 2013. All but 30 acres of the land is subject to a conservation easement which prohibits development. Rocky Mountain Institute, which had its headquarters on the unprotected 30 acres and owned a 50% interest in the property, plans to move to Basalt, Colorado Basalt is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule town located in Eagle County, Colorado, Eagle and Pitkin County, Colorado, Pitkin List of counties in Colorado, counties, Colorado, United States. The town populat .... Windstar's $4-million portion of the proceeds was donated to an Aspen charity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windstar Records
Windstar Records (originally Windsong Records) is a record label based in Snowmass, Colorado, founded by John Denver in 1976. The label primarily caters to folk music artists and bands, and has signed acts such as Denver, Starland Vocal Band (and its precursor, Fat City), Maxine Nightingale, Johnny's Dance Band and Nanette Mancini thereof, and Tom Crum. Founded as a subsidiary of RCA Records under the name Windsong Records, Windstar became an independent label in 1986, when RCA and Denver parted. Denver and RCA were not on particularly good terms towards the end of their partnership due to a change in management at RCA with executives not particularly interested in Denver's genre of music. Also, after being purchased by General Electric General Electric Company (GE) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the New York (state), state of New York and headquartered in Boston. Over the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windstar Turbine
The Windstar vertical-axis turbine is a lift-type device with straight blades attached at each end to a central rotating shaft. Windstar turbines were invented by Robert Nason Thomas and developed by Wind Harvest International, Inc., formerly the Wind Harvest Company, based in Point Reyes, California. Windstar turbines are operated as Linear Array Vortex Turbine Systems (LAVTS). Each rotor unit has a dual braking system of pneumatic disc brakes and blade pitch. All Windstar models use off-the-shelf generators, gearboxes, bearings and other components. History In 2001 and 2002, three guyed prototype versions of the Windstar Model 530G were installed in Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla language, Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Rivers .... The Model 530G prototype used extruded aluminum blades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
