The Martha's Vineyard Times
Island Home hits dolphin, breaks door
A line of people waits to get onboard the Island Home in Vineyard Haven Wednesday.
The Steamship Authority ferry Island Home struck a dolphin Wednesday in Woods Hole with enough force to damage an evacuation door. The vessel was subsequently sent to the SSA’s Fairhaven facility for repairs and is expected to leave there “shortly,” according to SSA spokesman Sean Driscoll. Jim Malkin, the Vineyard’s representative on the SSA board, said the vessel is slated to return to service at noon Friday.
Martha’s Vineyard Times Editor George Brennan was aboard the vessel when the allision occurred and described it as “jarring.”