The Graveyard of the Pacific claims another. Guess the Queen of the North won't rise again either, but maybe when they are down their looking at her, along with the ferry they might find the remains of the fishing boat Gustav too and my old friends.......my heart goes out to the family of two of the passengers that are still missing.

Interesting that she was so far off course after just being retrofitted and having her new state of the art navigation system and automatic piloting system checked and approved last month. Also very lucky that this didn't happen amid tourist season when the ship would have had way more on board.

I was on deck into Swartz Bay on Wednesday aboard the Queen of Saanich while a lone piper beside me played Amazing Grace in the sunken ship's honour........very moving.
   
Further story here.