{"id":15,"date":"2007-12-17T00:50:04","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T05:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/17\/alcatraz-ferries-how-safe-is-your-san-francisco-trip.html"},"modified":"2007-12-17T00:53:35","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T05:53:35","slug":"alcatraz-ferries-how-safe-is-your-san-francisco-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/17\/alcatraz-ferries-how-safe-is-your-san-francisco-trip.html","title":{"rendered":"Alcatraz Ferries:  How safe is your San Francisco trip?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"2e5142c0289a1f785cf2dcce097231a4\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-6725039255769208\";\r\n\/* Reno Hotels Leaderboard *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0584775893\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recent incidents involving both San Francisco and Seattle ferries have raised some thought provoking questions on how safe ferry travel really may be.&nbsp; Although the issues in the two West Coast cities were very different &#8211; your safety hung in the balance for both situations.&nbsp; We&#8217;re going to take a close look at these two ferry issues and let you judge for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redandwhite.com\/images\/Royal-Prince-small_214h.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Alcatraz Ferry\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sftodo.com\/alcatraz_island.htm\">Alcatraz<\/a>-bound ferry boat struck large rocks on December 6th.&nbsp; The crew was tested for both drugs and alcohol, but tested negative for both. The &quot;Royal Prince&quot; hit the rocks around 3pm, and both passengers and crew were safely removed from the ferry after the incident.&nbsp; The Coast Guard combed the area for environmental damage with both boats and helicopters, but found none.&nbsp; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redandwhite.com\/royal_prince.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Royal Prince ferry <\/a>(photo above) is operated by the Red and White ferry company &#8211; one of two major ferry companies serving San Francisco since 1892.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco&#8217;s Coast Guard has been criticized for a November accident that spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel after a cargo boat accident.&nbsp; The November 7th crash closed both beaches and impacted fishing in San Francisco Bay.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Port Townsend Ferry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seattletravel.com\/images\/sanjuanisland\/ferry-sails.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletravel.com\"><strong>Seattle<\/strong>:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptguide.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Port Townsend<\/a> bound ferries were removed from service in November due to severe pitting on the hulls.&nbsp; Ferry service to Port Townsend (near Seattle) was severely curtailed during that period.&nbsp; The boats were deemed so damaged that repairs were not viable.&nbsp; Temporary ferry service is being provided by private contractors until replacement boats can be permanently put into service.&nbsp; During the ferry service break &#8211; businesses in Port Townsend were devastated.&nbsp; Originally, a newer 144 car boat was planned &#8211; but was shelved due to traffic concerns in earlier years.&nbsp; Approximate cost will be close to $64 million to put the new boats into service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent incidents involving both San Francisco and Seattle ferries have raised some thought provoking questions on how safe ferry travel really may be.&nbsp; Although the issues in the two West Coast cities were very different &#8211; your safety hung in the balance for both situations.&nbsp; We&#8217;re going to take a close look at these two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}