Afternoon service on Vashon Island/Downtown Seattle Water Taxi canceled
Service on the King County Water Taxi Vashon Island/Downtown Seattle route has been cancelled for today, Friday December 18th, due to damage to the vessel sustained during the first sailing of the day.

At about 5:45 a.m. the vessel MELISSA ANN struck a piece of floating debris in the water on its trip from Seattle to Vashon Island. Indications are that the piece of debris made contact with the propeller. The MELISSA ANN returned to the dock at Pier 50 in Seattle without incident.

For this afternoon’s commute, Metro Transit will provide service from Pier 50 to the Fauntleroy ferry dock in West Seattle. A special Metro bus will leave Pier 50 at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 pm today. There will be no charge for this special bus service. Staff will be at the dock to inform riders of the cancellation of ferry service and their transit options. Riders can also use Routes 54 or 116 to get to Fauntleroy as usual.

The King County Marine Division also apologizes to riders for delayed e-mail notification this morning. The county is working to resolve this system delay. If you have not signed up for email notification alerts for water taxi service, you can do so by going to THIS SITE

The Marine Division is hopeful the boat will be repaired or a backup boat in place for resumption of service on Monday morning. However, riders should check the latest updates on this service at www.kingcounty.gov/watertaxi. Please watch for further communication over the weekend about Monday service.