The Spirit of Vancouver Island resumed service with the scheduled 3 p.m. sailing from Swartz Bay after a mishap cancelled sailings this morning creating a backlog in the system.

The vessel was out of service due to an incident with a rescue boat. Two staff members were injured.

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Traffic continues to back up on Highway 17 in North Saanich as travellers are at times anxious and others BC Ferries boats out of Swartz Bay hit four and five sailing waits during the day.

As of 3:30 p.m. there were two sailing waits for cars and oversize vehicles.

As of 2 p.m. ferries were behind schedule on at least one vessel. The Spirit of British Columbia is operating 40 minutes behind schedule as staff took B次元官网网址� extra time to safely load as many vehicles as possible on each sailing. We want to make sure we get as many customers as possible to their destination,B次元官网网址� said a BC Ferries press release.

An additional sailing was added from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay at 11 p.m.

Many travellers, visitors and residents, took the challenges in stride.

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One driver told Black Press B次元官网网址 Media that after arriving a little after 9, she was frustrated.

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Another couple had reservations on a boat that was not cancelled.

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Drivers did take to social media to voice discontent.

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Hi Aaron, yes that's correct. :) Please know that the 11:00pm isn't presently showing on our Current Conditions page from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay, however I can assure you that it is running. ^eb

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