Strong winds trap passengers on Picton ferry

Strong winds trap passengers on Picton ferry
© RNZ / Tracy Neal
More than 500 passengers will have been stranded on the Interislander for 10 hours, with return sailings cancelled, after strong winds prevented the ferry from berthing.
The ferry
Kaitaki left Wellington for Picton at 9am today but failed to berth in Picton at midday as gusts reached about 140km/h.
The ferry was carrying about 570 passengers.
KiwiRail said part of the Picton terminal had also been damaged by the winds.
Interislander general manager Walter Rushbrook said the conditions had been unusually bad.
"We were expecting reasonable swells out in Cook Strait but having very very high winds like this in Picton is most unusual.

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