The U.S. Coast Guard announced repairs to the Ruby Princess have been complete and the cruise ship is 'free to depart.'
Passengers who boarded the ship Thursday have been asked to stay on board and not come ashore. There are 3,256 guests and 1,161 crew onboard as the ship remains docked at Pier 27.
"The Ruby Princess is about 950 feet long and about 115,000-tons," Capt. Post pointed out. "With that much weight and that much sail area, the vessel is affected by wind, by current, and by the technical abilities of its design." The investigation into what went wrong with the Ruby Princess during docking at San Francisco's Pier 27 Thursday morning is in the early fact-finding phase.
"The Coast Guard has sent two teams, an investigations team and an inspection port state control team to the vessel and will be conducting those inspections and investigations," said Williams.The San Francisco Bar Pilots are responsible for safely navigating ships they board over the offshore sand bar to docks throughout the Bay Area.
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