Well, this kinda sucks… Not too surprising, the Sidney run is not going to sail this Spring and likely not this summer, either. Lack of available crew is to blame, and quite understandably, WSF is directing resources to getting domestic service up to normal levels. Perhaps this fall service will Read more
Well, here we are in 2022, which is looking suspiciously like 2021. Just when we seemed to be getting a handle on the latest covid variant, along comes omicron. It’s that maybe we’re on the downside of that now, but…you never know when the next mutation will come along. On Read more
Well, here it is, the end of another very trying year. Just when it seemed like we might be turning the corner on the pandemic, hello omicron. In ferry-related news, we got this from the Washington State Transportation Commission on their selection of the new name: “It represents a geographic Read more
Well, it is that time of year. The idiotic time change happens, we are plunged into sunsets at 4 PM, and rain, rain, rain galore. Truthfully, I don’t mind the rain, and after such a dry summer, we sure need it. We’ve started off the month very wet and windy Read more
The oldest ferry in the fleet, currently working the San Juans Interisland route, is down with generator problems. The problem is serious enough to knock the ferry out of service for a week, and has put the islands on “Weekend Winter Schedule.” *update–kudos to the engineers, who got the old Read more
It’s been in the news quite a bit about the missed sailings by Washington State Ferries. Understandable, being the largest ferry system in the US, they’re going to have the bulk of the publicity. However, this isn’t unique to WSF. The shortage of workers has caused canceled sailings in British Read more
Hard to believe 2021 is half way done and dusted. While covid is still a huge concern, and as of this writing is on the rise again, the little bit of “normal” we’ve been able to reclaim has been a needed boost to the mental health of thousands. At WSF, Read more
About “chickens coming home to roost.” Yeah, we’ve reached that point, as WSF is rightly pointing out. While transportation systems are very similar, boats are NOT buses, and our ferries spend nearly twenty four hours a day running, every day of every year, making multiple landings each day, an action Read more
I wasn’t even a thought in 1962, but a lot of people were traveling to Washington State to take part in the World’s Fair in Seattle, with its “Century 21” theme. You can’t see it in this shot, but the Klickitat–as every vessel in the fleet did at that time–had Read more
Short answer, I had to change providers for the website, which necessitated tearing the entire thing down and starting all over. And here we are. Everything but the B.C. Ferries pages are back up. Due to the sheer size and admitted limited interest in updating the B.C. ferry pages on Read more