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MV Spirit of Kingston is a 65-foot (20 m), 149 passenger passenger-only ferry owned and operated as part of the King County Water Taxi fleet. History. Spirit of Kingston was built by All American Marine in Bellingham, Washington in 2004 and launched in January 2005.
The Spirit of Kingston is the first vessel to be owned by the ferry district. It was assigned to the West Seattle route [17] where its smaller size, and more efficient engines proved a better fit than the Rachel Marie. The new vessel allowed the Rachel Marie to serve as a backup, saving the district on rental and lease expenses. In 2014, the ...
The Spirit of Kingston entered service in March during a week-long repair of Rich Passage 1, but was recalled by King County for use on the West Seattle Water Taxi. [62] [63] The Kingston route began service on November 26, 2018, using MV Finest, a former NY Waterway catamaran acquired and refurbished by Kitsap Transit earlier in the year. [64]
A developer wants the water taxi in service by 2020, connecting Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland, UW, and South Lake Union. Neal McNamara, Patch Staff. Posted Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:14 am PT.
In September 2012, due to financial losses, the Port of Kingston discontinued its SoundRunner Kingston–Seattle passenger-only system. [9] One of the former vessels, the Spirit of Kingston, was transferred to the King County Ferry District on March 18, 2013, for service as part of the King County Water Taxi fleet. [10]
The most recent run between Kingston and Seattle, called Aqua Express, shut down after two years of unprofitable service. Port of Kingston's SoundRunner service operated Spirit of Kingston between Kingston and downtown Seattle, but it too has ceased operations and the Spirit of Kingston has been purchased by the King County Ferry District.
MV. Rachel Marie. The Rachel Marie in Eliott Bay on the Downtown Seattle-West Seattle route with Mount Rainier in the background in May 2013. The Rachel Marie is a 77-foot (23 m), 172 passenger-only ferry operating between Skagway and Haines Borough, Alaska .She is owned by Four Seasons Marine and part of the Haines Skagway Fast Ferry fleet.
Aaron Leibowitz. September 17, 2024 at 8:09 AM. Days after the city of Miami Beach terminated a deal for a water taxi service across Biscayne Bay, the boat’s crew members say they haven’t been ...