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| Originally Posted by CaptTom Also realize that the current runs pretty strong near the terminals and many times you have to muscle the ferry into the slip. Too slow and the ferry will be spun and end up laying across the opening. I give those captains credit; even though it may not be a long trip, conditions are ever-changing as in weather, current, other ferries, commercial and recreational traffic, and oh yeah, the occassional plane that drops from the sky. Not to mention several hundred passenger's lives in your hands. |
Exactly right. Plus the S.I. ferry has been bringing on an entire new staff recently. A lot of experience has gone out the door since that major mishap a few years ago.