PORT ANGELES — The MV Coho ferry will add a third round-trip sailing between Port Angeles and Victoria on Thursday.
The iconic ferry will leave Port Angeles at 8:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. daily and return from Victoria at 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Black Ball Ferry Line officials said.
The schedule will be expanded to four round-trip sailings June 16, after which time a 9:30 p.m. trip will leave Port Angeles and a 6:10 a.m. trip will leave Victoria.
Until Thursday, the ferry leaves the Port Angeles ferry dock at 8:20 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily and leaves Victoria’s Inner Harbour at 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The cost to make the 21-mile, 90-minute journey across the Strait of Juan de Fuca is $18.50 for walk-on passengers and $64 for vehicle travelers. Children younger than 12 can walk on for $9.25 and kids 4 and younger are admitted free.
The 1,000-passenger Coho has been plying the Strait for 58 years. The 341-foot-long ferry is the last operating vessel of the Black Ball Ferry Line.
More than 400,000 passengers and 125,000 vehicles travel on the ferry every year, company officials said.
For reservations or Vancouver Island trip planning, visit www.CohoFerry.com or call 877-386-2202.
