Pride of America stationary near Maalaea

[kaylorcc]

Anybody know why?  She’s near McGregor Point on the southwest coast. Very unusual to see her over this way.  I snapped a photo, she was there for at least 20 minutes that I saw and was still there a few minutes ago.

[rcplanefan]

My parents are staying in Maalaea right now and said they watched one tender come ashore and then return, and now the ship is moving again. Perhaps an on board medical emergency/evac?

[kaylorcc]

Thanks, that would make sense. Hope everyone is okay. It seemed like a strange place for a medevac but I guess they don’t have many options really.

[rcplanefan]

I just talked to them, and they said it was an "orange" tender. They are now thinking it was the coast guard. So they are headed over to the coast guard to see what they can find out. I'll report back if they learn anything.

[rcplanefan]

This is the photo my mom sent. Solid camera work with the horizon.

Edited February 15, 2019 by rcplanefan

[kaylorcc]

Hah. I take shots of the horizon here all the time and I’m still pretty bad at it myself.

[Mimimatz]

Considering the itinerary was changed (from Maui-Hilo-Kona-Kauai to Kauai-Hilo-Kona-Maui) and that the ship skipped Kahului yesterday, they probably tried to give the passengers at least one day on Maui by anchoring off Lahaina. If I follow the past track at Marinetraffic this seemed to fail and so they tried to anchor in the more protected bay near Maalea, which ultimately also failed.

[jlmarr]

4 hours ago, rcplanefan said:

My parents are staying in Maalaea right now and said they watched one tender come ashore and then return, and now the ship is moving again. Perhaps an on board medical emergency/evac?

 

I’m a passenger on the PofA now, and yes it was a medical emergency for one passenger. I’m unaware of any details other than they had to be evac’d. 

[OPSoccermom]

I was on this cruise. We stopped there to evacuate a sick passenger. Just another unexpected  stop in a week full of them.

Edited February 22, 2019 by OPSoccermom