Officials continue to investigate what caused the ferry MV Salish to run aground grounding the Coupeville ferry terminal Sunday afternoon.
Ferries spokesman Ian Sterling says Keystone Harbor is the most challenging landing in the system with “zero room” for something to go wrong.
Ferry service for the Port Townsend/Coupeville route was halted for several hours after the “soft grounding” of the Salish. Soft grounding means the vessel was freed without assistance.
Sterling says the ferry will probably need repairs, but the goal is to get her lifted to see what’s damaged, and then back in service as soon as possible.