breckbird Posted April 16, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 16, 2016 freedom tryed to leave galveston and is now stuck on a sand bar in the port and can not move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted April 16, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 16, 2016 freedom tryed to leave galveston and is now stuck on a sand bar in the port and can not move Reference please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobberDog Posted April 16, 2016 #3 Share Posted April 16, 2016 watching her now. she is moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breckbird Posted April 16, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted April 16, 2016 sister is on the ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breckbird Posted April 16, 2016 Author #5 Share Posted April 16, 2016 glad it is moving sis will be happyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobberDog Posted April 16, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 16, 2016 webcam is following her out. real time http://www.galveston.com/emeraldvideocam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted April 16, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 16, 2016 sister is on the ship Did they announce they were stuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almitra Posted April 17, 2016 #8 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Just on Freedom last month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcj89 Posted April 17, 2016 #9 Share Posted April 17, 2016 We stopped at a nearby dock to debark someone having a medical emergency. Nothing to see here, move along lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallFour4 Posted April 17, 2016 #10 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) As a guy that has over 40 years fishing Galveston bay and watching the nautical charts on Garmin electronics there are no sandbars in the channel. I know virtually all the bays from the east end of Galveston out past the jetties. With the draft of the ship they would have been stuck mere feet from the channel in a muddy bottom and no where near the sand bars along the beachfront. This didn't happen. . Edited April 17, 2016 by BallFour4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa_Bear_ Posted April 17, 2016 #11 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) On the Freedom now. There was a medical emergency and a passenger was taken from the ship along with his family. We docked about 1/2 mile from the cruise port to allow the Galveston EMTs on. The whole slow down, dock, disembark, and cast off took 45 minutes to an hour. They did make an announcements about what was happening before we docked and when we were casting back off. Edited April 17, 2016 by Papa_Bear_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser fanatic Posted April 17, 2016 #12 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Not true. Freedom had to stop at a cargo pier to disembark a sick passenger. It did not get stuck on a sand bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfwench Posted April 17, 2016 #13 Share Posted April 17, 2016 This is silly. I'm pretty sure if a ship runs aground they need to send divers down to check for damage and can't just continue on with their cruise like it was a scratched knee. Sorry to hear about the medical emergency, positive thoughts for a happy outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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