I have been a subscriber of the West Seattle Herald for many years and rely on your paper for information on local events.

Your Nov. 28 issue published a schedule for the Christmas Ships that was incorrect and caused much disappointment for the group of friends I took to Alki Saturday night to take in the festivities. Your paper gave the time for Alki as 8:50 p.m. to 9:10 p.m. so we arrived at 7:45 in order not to miss anything.

At 8:15 we could see the ships coming but they didn't appear to be coming toward the shore. I asked the woman at the Starbuck's booth if the ships went somewhere else before they came to Alki, and she informed me they had already been to Alki at 6 p.m.

We were very surprised and disappointed and hope you'll check your dates more carefully in the future.

Jan Clow

Beach Drive