Editor’s Update 7:35 PM: The City says that ferry service to Jetty Island will resume as normal Sunday morning beginning at 10:00 AM.
This sign went up at the 10th street boat launch around 2:00 PM.
The Parks Department estimates there were about 1000 people on the Jetty when the regular boat went out of service.
Everett Police and Fire aboard Marine 2 bring the first group off Jetty Island.
An Everett Park Ranger gathers life jackets to be loaded onto the Marine Patrol Boats.
A man thanks a Snohomish County Sheriff’s Deputy as he arrives at 10th street.
Officers from EPD Marine 1 off load Jetty Island visitors at 10th street.
Everett Police help Jetty Island visitors get off Marine 2 as the disabled regular ferry awaits repair.
It is one of the busier days of the year as crowds were searching for glass floats left on Jetty Island as part of the annual “Float Find” from Schack Art Center.
Around 2:00 PM there was a problem with the Argosy “Queen’s Launch” that is used to take people back and forth from 10th street boat launch and Jetty Island.
With that boat out of service and the Everett Parks main boat unable to transport, marine units from Everett Police and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office have been pressed into service.
Parks employees gathered life jackets and loaded them onto the Marine Patrol boats who began running people back to 10th street.
The boats only carry about 10 – 12 people each so it will be some time before all of the people are off the Jetty.
There are no injuries and no reports of problems with the transport.
Here are some MyEverettNews.com photos of the adventure.
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August 19, 2017
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