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The Bremerton 11:10 a.m. sailing is cancelled due to on-going steering issues with the Chimacum. This will also cancel the Seattle 12:20 p.m. departure to Bremerton.  Vessel engineers are on board the vessel working to resolve the issue.  Updates will occur when more information is available.

After successful maintenance, repairs, and inspections, the Tillikum will return to the route to operate at the #3 vessel, starting Friday, Dec. 12. We will be using an alternate schedule due to the Tillikum being a smaller and slower vessel. View the alternate schedule on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands schedule page. 

The Kaleetan remains out of service due to significant cylinder damage that occurred on Friday, Dec. 5 in the vessel’s engine room. We thoroughly investigated the damage, and we estimate it will take until late December to repair the 58-year-old Kaleetan and return it to service on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route.  

New reservations remain blocked through Friday, Dec. 19 due to the smaller capacity and schedule adjustments. Reservation holders will be prioritized first come, first served and all other customers will travel stand-by. Reservation holders will not be charged a fee if they do not sail. Please expect delays during this service disruption. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to repair the Kaleetan as quickly and safely as possible

Due to urgent vessel repairs on the Kaleetan, the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route will continue running two-boat service for the next 2-3 weeks. 

• 2-Boat Fauntleroy / Southworth 

• 2-Boat Fauntleroy / Vashon 

• 2-Boat Southworth / Vashon 

We will keep you updated if there are any changes to this plan. We know it is challenging being on two-boat service. We are working as quickly and safely as possible to repair vessels so that we can return three-boat service to the Vashon, Southworth, and Fauntleroy communities.  

For our upcoming winter sailing season starting Dec. 28, there will be changes to the Seattle/Bremerton route schedule due to construction. While we're replacing two in-water terminal structures at Bremerton in January, we cannot tie up two boats there overnight. The route’s #1 boat will dock in Seattle during this work. 

Winter schedule changes from Dec. 28, 2025 through March 21, 2026: 

• No 4:50 a.m. Bremerton departure (early morning commuters can take the Kitsap Fast Ferry’s 4:40 a.m. sailing). 
• The 3:00 p.m. out of Bremerton will leave at 2:40 p.m. 
• Added 10:15 p.m. Bremerton to Seattle sailing. 
• On Sundays, the 8:35 a.m. Seattle and 9:50 a.m. Bremerton departures are canceled for refueling (normally done overnight in Bremerton). 

 We will send additional reminders about these schedule changes, including when they are live on the schedule webpage.

Plan for possible weekday travel delays on State Route 104 near our Kingston terminal this fall. Work begins next week on a Kitsap County ferry traffic lane project. Crews are installing a stoplight system at Lindvog Road Northeast that detects when there is space for vehicles in the ferry line to proceed forward. They will also add kiosks that dispense boarding passes to help manage ferry traffic.  

What to expect: From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, expect alternating one-way traffic in this area. There will also be occasional full traffic stops in both directions approaching the work zone. Crews are scheduled to wrap up by winter.  

The stop light and boarding pass system is planned to start this winter. We will keep you updated through rider alerts on timing and how the system will work. 

We are trialing an updated pet policy through February 2026. Dogs on leashes are now allowed in all passenger areas, except onboard food galleys. Other pets must be in a crate or carrier. Service animals are welcome everywhere, as required by law. Livestock must stay in appropriate enclosures at all times. Learn more about our current pet policy and the trial policy on our Pets webpage.

In June 2025, we began a seismic retrofit project at the Kingston Ferry Terminal.  Construction will last through July 2026. 

Ferry service will operate as normal, except for a delay of 20-30 minutes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for the 9:40 p.m. Kingston to Edmonds departure. This delay may also affect later sailings.

We’ve finalized the schedule for construction work affecting our Mukilteo/Clinton route in early 2026. We will suspend service for four hours midday on these nine dates:  

• Tuesday, Jan. 6
• Thursday, Jan. 8
• Friday, Jan. 9
• Tuesday, Jan. 13
• Friday, Jan. 16
• Tuesday, Feb. 3
• Wednesday, Feb. 4
• Friday, Feb. 6
• Monday, Feb. 9 

On those dates, the last morning sailings will be the 8:30 a.m. out of Clinton and the 9 a.m. out of Mukilteo. Service will resume with the 1 p.m. Clinton departure and 1:30 p.m. Mukilteo departure.   

Additional cancellations due to night work 

On Monday through Friday nights, Jan. 19-23, 26-30 and Feb. 16-20, the route’s final roundtrip will be canceled. The last sailings will be the 11:30 p.m. from Clinton and the 12:15 a.m. from Mukilteo, 10 minutes later than normal. 

About this construction  

We'll make repairs at our Mukilteo ferry terminal to the left (west) wing wall, which helps guide the ferry in place during landings. This wing wall was damaged and moved out of position during a hard ferry landing in 2022. We made initial repairs after the incident, but this important and required work will provide a more solid structure for ferry captains as they land vessels in Mukilteo.  

If dates change due to weather, marine mammals or other unexpected reasons, we will share alternate dates. We’ll keep you updated through rider alerts, the WSF Weekly email, and social media. You can also sign up for a project-specific email list for more frequent updates.