Coupeville ferry run will temporarily return to two boats

The ferry run between Keystone and Port Townsend will return to two-boat service over Labor Day weekend.

Ian Sterling, spokesman for Washington State Ferries, said the vessel Chetzemoka is being temporarily moved from the Point Defiance-to-Tahlequah run to the Coupeville-to-Port Townsend run. It will remain on the route at least through the Wooden Boat Festival, which is Sept. 8-10 in Port Townsend.

The Chetzemoka is expected to begin service on the route Thursday afternoon, Sterling said.

The Salish, one of the two boats on the Keystone-to-Port Townsend route, was damaged when lines from a crab pot tangled with the propulsion system. The Salish is currently being repaired in dry dock in Anacortes.

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Sterling said there is no currently no estimate on when the Salish will return to service.