Dear Seabourn Club Member,

I recently had the pleasure of joining many Seabourn Club Members for a few days on Seabourn Quest's maiden world cruise in South Africa. In our conversations, several of them mentioned how much they enjoyed getting news about Seabourn's ships and crews, and about the places we cruise throughout the year. That's when I decided that in addition to the Club Herald, we would start this new monthly newsletter to help us stay in touch with you about happenings on Seabourn's ships and at our various offices around the world. I hope you'll enjoy reading the Seabourn Club News every month, and we all hope we may have the pleasure of welcoming you back aboard a Seabourn ship in the near future – maybe to make some news of your own!

Richard Meadows
President, Seabourn

Seabourn Unveils Its Full 2013 Europe Cruise Season

We have just unveiled an exciting 2013 Europe season featuring more than 100 departures aboard our six intimate, all-suite ships, visiting many of Europe's captivating cities and hidden gems from April through October next year.

New Menus Add Variety to Patio Grill Dinners

Our Seabourn culinary team has expanded the variety of menus served in our Patio Grill, the popular casual poolside restaurant on Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Sojourn and Seabourn Quest. Three new themed dinner menus have been added, supplementing the popular Surf and Turf menu.

Seabourn Sources Sustainable Sturgeon Caviar

Seabourn has formed an alliance with Colorado-based Black River Caviar that will provide our discerning guests with top quality ossetra sturgeon caviar produced by a sustainable "wild farming" method in South America.

Seabourn Takes Top Spots in Condé Nast Traveler Cruise Ship Rankings

For the second year in a row, our intimate, luxury cruise ships sailed to the top of Condé Nast Traveler's prestigious list of the world's 100 best cruise ships, based on scores achieved in the magazine's annual Readers' Choice poll. Seabourn's fleet dominated the survey, occupying five of the top seven spots.

Seabourn President Hosts World Cruise Event at Ernie Els Winery

While Seabourn Quest was alongside at Cape Town, South Africa during its maiden World Cruise, Seabourn President Richard Meadows joined the full world cruise guests for an exclusive afternoon event at the Cape Coast winery owned by champion golfer Ernie Els.

Seabourn Odyssey Rescues Three Men Adrift in the World's Largest Ocean

On Sunday evening, February 19, Seabourn Odyssey was sailing the Pacific Ocean some 150 miles southwest of Pago Pago, America Samoa, when the portside bridge watch spotted something in the distance. Captain Mark Dexter found no missing vessel reports, but wondered why this boat would be so far from land.

The Day That Happened Twice

Seabourn Odyssey guests gathered on her bow to celebrate crossing the International Date Line. The transit happened to fall on this year's unique leap year date of February 29, meaning that they lived that day twice, and also experienced a once‑in‑a‑lifetime, 30‑day February.