Ferry Chelan out of service after running aground while leaving Orcas Island

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The ferry Chelan ran aground Sunday night during a trip between islands in the San Juans.

Washington State Ferries said the incident happened at 9:35 p.m., shortly after the boat left Orcas Island for Friday Harbor.

Ferry officials called it a “soft grounding” and said the boat likely struck the shoreline, according to a preliminary investigation.

There were only four passengers on board. They were given life preservers as a precaution while crew members checked the boat for possible damage.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ferry-chelan-runs-aground-san-132028441.html

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1. Grounding your vessel is not a career enhancing event.

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2. Just ask Joe Hazelwood...

Hazelwood never had his master's license revoked and it remained valid, but he was unable to find long-term work as a captain after the spill. His alma mater, SUNY Maritime College, hired him in a show of solidarity as a teacher aboard the T/S Empire State V the year after the incident with the Valdez. In 1997, he was working as a para-legal and maritime consultant with New York City's Chalos & Brown, the firm that represented him in his legal cases. He was residing in his native Long Island as of 1997.[11]

From WIKI

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3. Greg Cousins had the watch when the ship ran aground.

Hazelwood paid the price.

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4. As well he should have, as master of the ship. Maybe all that 5:00pm vodka before clearing Valdez ..

... had something to do with it. If the industry knows "what really happened", why didn't he get another command?

When the helmsman in the USN screws up, why are the Captains relieved of command?