Well here’s some good news, but sad­ly, not a whole lot… This is the fourth in the 3‑part series that became a 4‑part series mid-way through. Part Four: The Solu­tion (to see Parts 1 through 3, click below) Part One: The Prob­lem Part Two: The Cause Part Three: The Solu­tion Prob­lem Con­tin­ues Per­haps “The Solu­tion” isn’t such  Con­tin­ue Reading

Well this was sup­posed to be the third in a 3‑part series of late run­ning fer­ries, but it just became the third in a FOUR part series… Part 3: The Prob­lem Con­tin­ues This just in from WSF on June 20th: Sum­mer to Begin With Few­er Ves­sels in WSF fleet “The past leg­isla­tive ses­sion came with some vic­to­ries  Con­tin­ue Reading

I’ve always loved the Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries (well, almost always*). This is the sec­ond in a 3‑part series about our late run­ning fer­ry sys­tem. Many thanks to Jim Coren­man, Chair of the San Juans Fer­ry Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee for his input on this issue. (and yes, we’ll hear from Jim in today’s arti­cle)… Part Two —  Con­tin­ue Reading

When my wife asks “Which fer­ry will you be on?” I can pret­ty reli­ably say “the late one”, which used to mean the last run of the day. Sad­ly, these days it can mean almost any one of them. This is the first in a 3‑part series about our late run­ning fer­ry sys­tem. Many thanks to  Con­tin­ue Reading

The WSF Sum­mer 2019 Sail­ing Sched­ule is now online to help you plan any upcom­ing trips. Print ver­sions will be avail­able on ves­sels and at ter­mi­nals soon. The sum­mer sched­ule runs from Sun­day, June 23, through Sat­ur­day, Sept. 28. The cov­er fea­tures a poem writ­ten by Fri­day Har­bor High School stu­dent Siri Lind­strum, the #WSFHaiku con­test  Con­tin­ue Reading

Come join us tonight to share your thoughts and learn more about pos­si­ble fer­ry fare changes. To pro­vide San Juan Islands res­i­dents oppor­tu­ni­ty to com­ment on poten­tial changes to fares, the Wash­ing­ton State Trans­porta­tion Com­mis­sion (WSTC) will host a pub­lic meet­ing in Fri­day Har­bor, which will include a brief pre­sen­ta­tion by WSTC and WSF staff  Con­tin­ue Reading

Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries is excit­ed to announce that in hon­or of Earth Day, they launched a two-year Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Action Plan (PDF) that out­lines goals and actions for green­er fer­ries and ter­mi­nals. It includes ini­tia­tives to pro­tect orca whales, reduce green­house gas emis­sions, improve air qual­i­ty, reduce waste, and oth­er ways to make the fer­ry sys­tem  Con­tin­ue Reading

Mark your cal­en­dars — WSF and local Fer­ry Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tees are host­ing nine upcom­ing com­mu­ni­ty meet­ings. Come learn about the future of fer­ries, pro­posed changes to fares, and local projects on your route. Kingston: Mon­day, April 29, 6 p.m., Kingston Vil­lage Green Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter, 26159 Dulay Road NE, Kingston Coupeville: Wednes­day, May 1, 6 p.m., Island  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Ana­cortes Ter­mi­nal Park­ing Lot A will be closed for about one month start­ing Sat­ur­day, April 13. Con­struc­tion crews will repave the park­ing lot dur­ing the clo­sure. The work is antic­i­pat­ed to be com­plet­ed by mid-May. Lot A is direct­ly adja­cent to the pas­sen­ger ter­mi­nal and vehi­cles will not have access to the 15 min.  Con­tin­ue Reading

Mark your cal­en­dars! WSF and local Fer­ry Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tees are host­ing nine upcom­ing com­mu­ni­ty meet­ings! Come learn about the future of fer­ries, pro­posed changes to fares, and local projects on your route. Kingston: Mon­day, April 29, 6 p.m., Kingston Vil­lage Green Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter, 26159 Dulay Road NE, Kingston Coupeville: Wednes­day, May 1, 6 p.m., Island Coun­ty  Con­tin­ue Reading

Don’t get caught by sur­prise! Peruse the new sched­ule online, and see these new changes to our area sail­ings: Anacortes/San Juan Islands will have four ves­sels in ser­vice, sim­i­lar to the fall sched­ule Anacortes/Sidney, BC will have one dai­ly roundtrip via Fri­day Har­bor Two-boat ser­vice resumes for Port Townsend/Coupeville on Sun­day, May 12

Here’s a note from Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries… The cov­er of the Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries’ Sum­mer 2019 Sail­ing Sched­ule will fea­ture a haiku writ­ten by Fri­day Har­bor’s own Siri Lind­strum. Out of near­ly 200 entries in the #WSFHaiku Twit­ter con­test, Siri’s poem received the most “likes” of the three final­ists on the @wsferries page. Here’s the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Begin­ning Fri­day, March 29, there will be reduced vehi­cle capac­i­ty on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route when the 90-car Sealth begins ser­vice as ves­sel #2, replac­ing the 144-car Yaki­ma. Effec­tive today, the Yaki­ma replaces the 144-car Hyak, mov­ing from posi­tion #2 posi­tion #3, begin­ning with the Ana­cortes 2:10 pm to Fri­day Har­bor. The Sealth car­ries  Con­tin­ue Reading

WSF: Elec­tri­fy the San Juan Islands Fer­ry Routes FIRST Don’t delay pro­tec­tion of the Sal­ish Sea The cur­rent WS Fer­ries Long range plan for deploy­ing elec­tric fer­ries puts the San Juan routes last on the list. Why lose decades in our efforts to pro­tect the Sal­ish Sea – and all of the species who depend on  Con­tin­ue Reading

Jim Coren­man, Chair, San Juan Coun­ty Fer­ry Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee shares this announce­ment of a Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries Pub­lic Meet­ing, Wednes­day Jan­u­ary 9th in Fri­day Har­bor… Please join us for a pub­lic meet­ing with the Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries Exec­u­tive Team at 4pm Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 9th at Brick­works in Fri­day Har­bor. WSF will first present a 30-minute  Con­tin­ue Reading

Hap­py hol­i­days from Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries! The Anacortes/San Juan Islands/Sidney route will fol­low the reg­u­lar week­day sched­ule on Tues­day, Decem­ber 25 and Jan­u­ary 1, with the excep­tion of inter­is­land ves­sel #4, which will oper­ate on the hol­i­day sched­ule. The inter­is­land Fri­day Har­bor 2:20 pm and Lopez 3:50 PM will not sail; the Fri­day Har­bor 2:15  Con­tin­ue Reading