It’s been a bad week for the Martha’s Vineyard ferries. First, the MV Woods Hole ran aground and was taken out of service for repairs. Then the MV Martha’s Vineyard lost its engines and was dead in the water for five hours, with 78 people on board, before it returned to Vineyard Haven at 1:30 in the morning. No one was injured in the Martha’s Vineyard affair, although one passenger told The MV Times that “some kids got scared when life jackets were handed out.”
The Steamship Authority, which runs the ferries, said the Martha’s Vineyard left Vineyard Haven at 8:30 p.m. on its scheduled 45-minute trip to Woods Hole on Cape Cod. After 15 minutes, the ferry, which had just undergone a $17.5 million refurbishing, lost power. The Captain notified the Coast Guard and dropped anchor to keep from drifting. The Coast Guard dispatched a cutter and a response boat and three commercial tugs also responded. After five hours, the engines were restarted and the Martha’s Vineyard returned to Vineyard Haven.
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