Traffic

Question 1

WSF

Answer 1

WA State Ferries primary cross traffic. Ferries run between Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth and Pt Defiance and Talequah on published schedules
May deviate

Question 2

TSS

Answer 2

TSS: Runs North/South middle channel to the East of Vashon Island.

Question 3

East Pass

Answer 3

Commercial vessels of all types and even occasional naval vessels use eastern passage.

Question 4

Small Traffic

Answer 4

Small traffic utilizing the numerous mooring buoys that scatter the shoreline of the chartlet and at Blake Island, & Marinas at Des Moines, Tacoma, Quartermaster Harbor, and Gig Harbor. Passenger only ferries from Seattle to Vashon, as well as commercial & fishing vessels will be found in season.

Question 5

Colvos

Answer 5

Colvos Passage – tugs and tows, especially log tows taking advantage of near constant N current, and other vessels transiting to/and from Olymplia and mid-size vessels departing Tacoma.

Question 6

Naval Vessels

Answer 6

5. Naval Vessels bound to/from Manchester and Bremerton. Have been known to circumnavigate Blake I waiting for berth.

Question 7

Gravel Barges

Answer 7

Gravel barges near Pt. Robinson