San Juan Islands ferry service resumes Tuesday after grounding

The interisland San Juan ferry started running again Tuesday afternoon after a vessel ran aground Sunday night.

State Ferry spokesperson Ian Sterling said that the crash happened shortly after the boat left Orcas Island for Friday Harbor when the boat ran aground in Wasp Passage and punched a small hole in the hull.

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“No one was hurt or anything like that, just the small hole above the water line that we’ve already patched up,” Sterling said.

Sterling said that divers also discovered damage to a propeller.

The Washington State Ferries (WSF) boat Chelan ran aground Sunday night,

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