Freedom - The Other One - Locked Down Delayed 8 Days By River Lock Repairs

Docked by the Tennessee Aquarium
Photo | Tim Barber

Not to be confused with Stanley Yacht Service's 61-foot charter yacht, Freedom, this bearer of the wildly popular boat appellation measures 151 feet and is worth a purported $20 million. Formerly known as Bella Bri, the 2008 Northern Marine tri-deck motoryacht was recently hampered by an unexpected lockdown of the Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River. As the Times Free Press reports:

A routine lock inspection by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Oct. 27 found a crack in one of the anchors to the upper gate. The Corps immediately shut down the lock, idling barge, yacht and recreational boat traffic through Chattanooga until the lock could be repaired. 

Those repairs, originally expected to take up to three weeks, were completed within eight days. The Chickamauga Lock reopened last Tuesday, allowing Freedom to resume a two-week journey to Fort Lauderdale.

To read more, click here:-->  $20 million yacht gets stuck on Tennessee River | Times Free Press


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