On a sun-splashed and crisp Thursday afternoon, student athletes, volunteers, and members of the Best Buddies Club at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, as well as a few athletes from West Tisbury School made a triumphant return to the Island in Vineyard Haven Wednesday afternoon. The Island’s emergency personnel were on hand to make sure […]
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A mechanical problem with the Steamship Authority ferry Island Home bottled up traffic in Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven Wednesday morning, stranding commuters and freight haulers.
At least two crossings were canceled. Just before 8 am, SSA spokesman Sean Driscoll told The Times the issue is “related to the vessel’s steering,” but couldn’t yet offer anything more detailed. Driscoll later described the problem as electrical in nature a breaker tripped when the Island Home started up in the morning.
“Crews reset the system and did due diligence examining the electrical system, but the issue never repeated,” he messaged.