Re: See the Freewinds in Dry Dock in September fify Its not clear to me if a 'cruise' on the FW while in drydock would be more or less dangerous (different dangers, risks, threats) than one at sea, but it is guaranteed to be a whole lot less fun. Dirt, distraction, noise, problems with (or lack of) air conditioning, fewer or no services onboard (Mess deck / galley closed, or serving boxed meals only). Can't go on deck to 'escape'. Dirty wogs running around everywhere, cursing you behind your back (dock workers absolutely HATE shit like this). For first-time visitors to the FW, I wonder how many of them will ever come back
Re: See the Freewinds in Dry Dock in September Freewinds was dry docked in Curacao for 2 weeks in 2009. http://forums.whyweprotest.net/123-leaks-legal/freewinds-dry-docked-curacao-2-weeks-37999/ Freewinds was open for public, courses were held during dry dock. This means that Freewinds will be in dry dock in Curacao 3 times in 3 years. / edit 4 dry docks in 3 years http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/freewinds-refit-colombia-53741/
Re: See the Freewinds in Dry Dock in September Well, I'm gonna show you anyway. It looks almost totally exactly but not quite just like this:
Re: See the Freewinds in Dry Dock in September Photo of Freewinds in dry dock in Curacao in 2008 Do you know these guys?
After reading this thread, I did a search: www.google.com/search?q=Curacao+Drydock+Freewinds One of the things that turned up was a Facebook page for Curacao Drydock: www.facebook.com/pages/Curacao-drydock-inc/188891914494544 I had a look at it and saw that although it hadn't been updated in over a year, it was devoted to reports claiming that many Curacao Drydock workers were Cuban slaves. Another search - www.google.com/search?q=Curacao+Drydock+slaves - turned up an update, here: A federal judge refused to stay a lawsuit in which three Cubans claim a shipyard on the island of Curacao virtually enslaved them to pay off Cuba's debt to the company. In their 2006 lawsuit, the Cuban workers said they were kidnapped and trafficked to Curacao, where the Cuban government forced them and many others to work for Curacao Drydock in slave-like conditions on ships and oil platforms, for 112 hours a week. The men claimed they were never paid and worked for 15 years to satisfy a debt Cuba owed Curacao Drydock. They eventually escaped and made it to the United States. After the workers sued the shipyard under the Alien Tort Statute and the RICO Act, Curacao Drydock unsuccessfully tried to move the case to Curacao. The company then abandoned its defense of the lawsuit and lost by default. The district court in Miami ordered Curacao Drydock to pay the plaintiffs $80 million. More at www.courthousenews.com/2012/07/20/48581.htm
