After running on a reduced COVID-19 schedule since March, the Whatcom Chief will resume a more traditional weekday schedule starting on Monday, Oct. 26, with a regular, pre-COVID schedule for the morning and daytime hours, and a revised schedule from 3pm until the final 12:10am sailing from Gooseberry Point.
Also starting Monday, ferry riders will not be able to punch or mark off with a pen their own punch card. Instead, a crew member will punch the cards through a contactless system similar to how riders currently pay with a credit card. Travelers can roll down their car window enough to hold out a punch card, and a ferry crew member will punch the card.