Chelan returned to service

Washington State Ferries (WSF) spokesman Justin Fujioka reports that ferry “Chelan” repairs are complete and the vessel returned to service on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route last Friday. The Chelan was at an Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility before moving back to Anacortes last Thursday. WSF is still weeks, if not months, away from completing an internal investigation into what happened in the incident in which Chelan was damaged. Meantime, the ferry “Yakima” remains at Dakota Creek shipyard in Anacortes in dry dock. Ongoing work is an extension of planned dry dock work. The Yakima’s earliest return to service on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route is expected to be around the end of this month.