Right now only 14 of the state’s 21 ferries are up and running.
The most recent ferry to be taken off its route is the Chimicum. It was docked over the weekend after a rod got caught in one of its engines. Ian Sterling from Washington State Ferries said they moved the Issaquah from the Edmonds Kingston crossing to the Seattle Bremerton crossing to make up for the loss.
The Edmonds Kingston crossing is now down to just one boat when it usually operates two. Sterling also said there is a possibility the fleet could be down another boat come December, but they’re doing everything they can to keep routes open and running. He said the true remedy would be getting more boats, but that’s still another two to three years down the road.
“To not have a way home is really an awful feeling,” he said. “Especially when it was like wicked cold last night and we don’t have blankets in the car.”
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