Bainbridge ferry route down to one-boat service

Published 9:33 am Monday, October 17, 2016

The Bainbridge Island-Seattle ferry route was reduced to one-boat service Monday after the ferry M/V Wenatchee was pulled for necessary repairs.

The loss of the Wenatchee prompted the 5:20 a.m. sailing from Bainbridge Island and the 6:10 a.m. sailing.

The route will be on one-boat service with the M/V Tacoma until further notice, according to Washington State Ferries.

The next sailings from Bainbridge are 9:40 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:10 p.m.  The next sailings from Seattle are 10:40 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 2:05 p.m.

WSF said the Wenatchee may have hit debris in the water — likely logs left from the weekend’s stormy weather — and divers were deployed to examine the ship’s propellers.