B.C. Ferries cancelled six sailings between Swartz Bay and and Fulford Harbour on Salt Spring Island on Saturday due to a crew shortage.
The required number of crew wasn’t available to operate the Skeena Queen, B.C. Ferries said.
Affected sailings were at 9:50 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 1:50 p.m. out of Fulford Harbour and 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. out of Swartz Bay.
Initially, nearly all of the day’s service — 10 sailings — was cancelled, but the ferry corporation announced shortly after noon that “a crew member has been sourced” and that operations would return to normal with the 3:50 p.m. departure from Fulford Harbour.
In lieu of regular service, B.C. Ferries provided complimentary 50-person water taxi service that followed the sailing schedules until 3 p.m.
Service between Crofton and Salt Spring Island’s Vesuvius terminal was unaffected.
