Ferry repairs on the slow boat

Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel Jul 6, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Ferry repairs on the slow boat </h1>
                <h2><p>It’s been a year of bad news for the Washington State Ferries. Now the ferry Tacoma, which serves Bainbridge Island, is going to be out of service until summer. According to The Kitsap Sun, $1.8 million in repairs will be needed because of damage from a power surge</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/taylorjwinkel-gmail-com/">Taylor Winkel</a></p> 
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            <p>It’s been a year of bad news for the Washington State Ferries. Now the ferry Tacoma, which serves Bainbridge Island, is going to be out of service until summer. According to <a href="http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/state-explains-why-ferry-lost-power_89128375?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Kitsap Sun</a>, $1.8 million in repairs will be needed because of damage from a power surge that blew out the electrical board on the boat in July. Some parts will have to be custom-made in Europe.Just last month, Lynn Griffith started as the new director of the ferries, after months of turmoil that included reopening the search for a director to replace former David Moseley, who resigned early in the year. Although the Washington ferry system is the nation’s largest, it’s had to reduce its costs by more than $40 million per a year since 1999, when an initiative vote prompted legislators to cut the state’s motor-vehicle excise tax.</p>
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It’s been a year of bad news for the Washington State Ferries. Now the ferry Tacoma, which serves Bainbridge Island, is going to be out of service until summer. According to The Kitsap Sun, $1.8 million in repairs will be needed because of damage from a power surge that blew out the electrical board on the boat in July. Some parts will have to be custom-made in Europe.Just last month, Lynn Griffith started as the new director of the ferries, after months of turmoil that included reopening the search for a director to replace former David Moseley, who resigned early in the year. Although the Washington ferry system is the nation’s largest, it’s had to reduce its costs by more than $40 million per a year since 1999, when an initiative vote prompted legislators to cut the state’s motor-vehicle excise tax.

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By Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel is a Journalism and Political Science student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter: @twinkelnews. She can be emailed at Taylor.Winkel@crosscut.com.