— from Washington State Ferries (WSF)–
UPDATE: 9 pm:
On Friday, February 24, the Kitsap temporarily joins the [Anacortes-San Juans] route as the #2 vessel while the Chelan undergoes engine repairs. Vessel capacity remains the same and full galley service will be available.
UPDATE 9 am:
The 11:20am sailing from Anacortes will stop at Lopez to pick up traffic affected by the cancelled sailings. M/V Yakima will make an unscheduled roundtrip departing Anacortes to Friday Harbor at approximately 12:00pm, returning from Friday Harbor and stopping at Lopez, this departure is scheduled to depart at 1:30pm.
8 am: For Thursday, February 23, M/V Chelan remains out of service for engine repairs. This cancels the following departures:
Anacortes 7:40 am to Orcas and Shaw, Friday Harbor 5:55 am and Lopez 6:40 am to Anacortes, and the Orcas 8:55 am and Shaw 9:10 am to Anacortes.
Updates will occur as more information becomes available.
Due to the service disruptions new reservations are unavailable until mid afternoon on 2/23. Reservation holders on cancelled sailings will be given priority to sail standby on other departures on a first come, first served basis. No-show fees will not be charged for those unable to travel.
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