New Vashon Water Taxi arrives in Seattle, 2 weeks before dedication

According to MarineTraffic.com, the first of two new King County Water Taxis, M/V Sally Fox, is now docked in Seattle. Before the vessel left All American Marine to head south, the Bellingham Herald put together this video with a look inside:

The Sally Fox will serve the Seattle-Vashon run, but the Bellingham Herald’s sneak peek is a de-facto preview of what the new West Seattle Water Taxi, M/V Doc Maynard, also will look like, since it’s a twin being built by AAM, expected to arrive in October. First: For an in-person look at M/V Sally Fox, make plans to be at the north Vashon Island dock on March 28th – we’ve mentioned that date before, but now King County has published a schedule of events for the 1-4 pm dedication celebration that day.

Mike March 15, 2015 (8:02 pm)

Looks slick. More efficient, safer, clean. I like it.

Barbara March 15, 2015 (9:58 pm)

Will there be space for bikes?

WSB March 15, 2015 (10:15 pm)

Yes – we included the newest Water Taxi newsletter, with details like that (26 bike spots on these boats compared to 18 on the current ones), recently – but here it is again: http://www.kingcounty.gov/transportation/kcdot/~/media/transportation/kcdot/WaterTaxi/water-taxi-news-201501-winter.ashx

Charles B March 15, 2015 (10:43 pm)

Wish we could reuse the old boats to start a few new runs… how about a cross lake Kirkland to Sandpoint run?

;)

Brian ws March 16, 2015 (6:51 am)

This is only slightly less wasteful than the hole on the waterfront.

NeoYogi March 16, 2015 (1:12 pm)

Nice! My favorite way to get downtown for sure.

Eileen March 16, 2015 (1:51 pm)

I looked through the newsletter for bike info but I heard the spots for the bike are out on deck and not protected from salt water. Does anyone know for sure?

WSB March 16, 2015 (1:59 pm)

Bike Vashon was exploring that and had a meeting earlier this month. I don’t know the outcome. https://www.facebook.com/events/854990597898685/

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