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Still only 1 car ferry working and schedule impact?

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:55 pm
by casco
Earlier in the week, I was told that 2 of the 3 car ferries were broken thus leaving only 1 boat to ferry us back to STJ. Is this still the case?

If so, seems like things would be running on the hour instead of every 1/2 hour and lines could be worse than normal.

What times in the AM are peak to return to STT and are to be avoided?

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:53 am
by hugo
It's not as bad as it might be; there are two barges operating, the Mr. B. and the General, both owned by Boyson Inc. The Mr. B is BIG, which helps a lot. On a regular schedule, they leave every hour on the half hour, but they now seem to just doing turn-arounds as fast as they can. I haven't heard any horror stories since early December. In general, the 8-9 AM runs would be the ones to avoid in the morning headed to STT, and the 4-5 PM are probably the worst coming this way.