Crew aboard the ferry LeConte have resolved an electrical issue keeping the passenger vessel stuck at Juneau’s Auke Bay dock.
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry set sail for Hoonah at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Originally scheduled for a route that included a stop in Gustavus, the LeConte crew can only fit in the Hoonah stop with the time remaining in the workday, Jeremy Woodrow AMHS communications officer said.
Hoonah stayed on the itinerary due to its current high traffic demands.The LeConte is scheduled to run to Haines and Skagway on Wednesday and to Angoon on Thursday.
For more information about the M/V LeConte cruising schedule visit (http://goo.gl/kl1BV). For information about the Alaska Marine Highway System visit http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/index.shtml or call the local terminal at 465-3941 or toll-free at (800) 642-0066.
• Contact reporter Russell Stigall at 523-2276 or at russell.stigall@juneauempire.com.
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Just retired and took ferry south to Bellingham. I almost waved the good luck sign at vessel as I departed because I am sick and tired of relying on the ferry service in SE Alaska. I don't mind if they have delays due to mechanics etc. it's just that the schedule the last 5 years or so have left many communities wondering where the ferry "service" went. Twelve hour trips from Juneau to Tenakee to Angoon then to Hoonah, 9 hour trips Hoonah via Gustavus etc. etc. And of course these ventures are on days that don't meet needs for medical/dental trips or are spaced so far apart that 3 or 4 nites in Juneau hotel at over $100/nite. That said, the crew on ALL vessels I've travelled on last thirty years are first class. Good luck to you all and hang in there.
Show me the money...
West, in a perfect ferry world we would have newer, faster, more reliable ferries that could travel to remote communities every day to provide access to ammenities. That perfect world costs the public money.