Kitsap Transit is going back to the drawing board to produce a ferry that both gives Bremertonians a 30-minute link to Seattle and satisfies Bainbridge Islanders who sued over the wake earlier fast ferries were kicking up.
Read Kitsap Sun transportation reporter Ed Friedrich’s story below.
Research Passenger Ferry to Be Scaled Back for Wake’s
Sake
By Ed Friedrich
Kitsap Transit is reducing the size and speed of a prototype passenger ferry because computer modeling showed that the boat would create too much wake.
With all of the time and money spent developing a vessel that won’t harm Rich Passage beaches, wake performance can’t be compromised.
“First and foremost, the goal is to keep the faith of the program — getting a boat that goes through there without any damage,” said Kitsap Transit Executive Director Dick Hayes.
