Wight Sky was constructed at the Kraljevica shipyard in Croatia and launched on 12 April 2008.

[2] After fitting out, she left Croatia on 15 September 2008 and arrived in Portsmouth on 2 October 2008.

The design by naval architects Hart Fenton & Company (now Houlder Ltd), utilises fixed and mobile mezzanine decks, complete disabled access and a larger cafe and sundeck area.

The new vessels do not have the additional third deck of the old C-class ferries, with the space incorporated into the passenger lounges.

The three previous vessels that ran the Lymington to Yarmouth route were retired and initially stored at Portsmouth.