PORT ANGELES — Although the MV Coho will resume carrying cars and passengers between Port Angeles and Victoria today, it’s not all there yet.
The galley portion of the ship will be closed for about another week as the crew works to finish renovations and install new countertops and chairs, said Rian Anderson, district manager for Black Ball Ferry Line, which owns the 51-year-old Coho.
Although the kitchen will be closed, customers will be able to get a few treats and coffee in another portion of the ship, Anderson said.
“The most important thing to us is to get people back and forth between the two cities,” Anderson said Thursday after the Coho returned to Port Angeles following routine annual maintenance and renovations in dry-dock in Anacortes.
The Coho, which went on hiatus Jan. 24, originally was expected to return to service Tuesday, but cafeteria renovations delayed it.
Regular service between Port Angeles and Victoria will resume with today’s 8:20 a.m. sailing from Port Angeles. The ship will return to Port Angeles from Victoria at 4 p.m.
“With the one sailing per day, it also gives our crew the whole day to do some cleanup and repairs,” Anderson said.
The Coho will begin making two daily round trips across the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Friday, Feb. 18.
The Victoria Express provided passenger-only service between the cities on the weekends while the Coho was out of service.
The Victoria Express will resume its passenger-only service in May.
Passports or other approved travel documents are always required for crossing the international border.
For more information, phone the Port Angeles office at 360-457-4491 or the Victoria office at 250-386-2202, or visit www.cohoferry.com.
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Reporter Paige Dickerson can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at paige.dickerson@peninsuladailynews.com.
