Throttle issue siled eight ferry Gay Head   - The Martha's Veyard Tim

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• STEAMSHIP EXPECTS GAY HEAD SERVICE ON THURSDAY
• GAY HEAD
• GAY-HEAD
• THROTTLE ISSUE SILED EIGHT FERRY GAY HEAD

STEAMSHIP EXPECTS GAY HEAD SERVICE ON THURSDAY

The Gay Head is expected to rume service on Thursday Aug 4.

GAY HEAD

The Steamship Authory expects the eight ferry Gay Head to return to service on Thursday after repairs Connecticut. In a Tuday statement, Drisll wrote, “Repairs are unr way on the MV Gay Head at Tham Shipyard New London, Conn. The MV Gay Head will rume service on the Nantucket route Thursday, startg wh s schled 5:30 am parture om Hyannis.

GAY-HEAD

The repair of the Gay Head took some effort, Drisll told The Tim. Another SSA eight ferry, the Katama, was drydock at Tham Shipyard for schled work when the Gay Head was sent there for emergency repairs.

THROTTLE ISSUE SILED EIGHT FERRY GAY HEAD

The Katama had to be refloated and moved out of the way so the Gay Head uld e the dry dock, Drisll said. The MV Sankaty will be helpg to fill a gap ed by an emergency repair to the MV Gay Head.

A problem wh the MV Gay Head is forcg the Steamship Authory to play mil ferri jt ahead of a by summer weekend. “Followg the disvery of a small amount of water the steerg gear void of the MV Gay Head, a survey of the vsel’s hull disvered a 4-ch crack the hull on the vsel’s aft, ” Sean Drisll, a spokman for the SSA, wrote an email.

While the Gay Head servic the Hyannis to Nantucket crossg, s absence will have an impact on the Veyard route, as well. The MV Sankaty will service the MV Gay Head’s trips on the Nantucket route on Saturday and Sunday.