Winter ferry schedule better than last year

A baggage cart, nicknamed Starfish, leaves the Chenega in Sitka on Sept. 3, 2015. The fast ferry is tied up for the rest of this fiscal year. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
This winter’s Alaska Marine Highway schedule offers more sailings than the previous season’s. It also eliminates five-week service gaps for some communities.
The schedule, released Aug. 17, shows a 6 percent increase in sailings. That’s the difference between last season’s 166 weeks and this