In this episode of Beyond the Boat, Leroy talks with John W. Clauson, Executive Director of Kitsap Transit, about an unlikely centerpiece in a modern public transit fleet: M/V Carlisle II, a 1917 wooden ferry still serving the Port Orchard–Bremerton run.

John shares how Kitsap Transit first partnered with a private ferry operator across Sinclair Inlet, why Carlisle II became the one vessel worth keeping when the system acquired the operation, and what it means to steward a wooden boat that’s still working for the public. Along the way, we explore what it takes to keep a century-old wooden ferry in service—from Coast Guard inspections and plank replacement to Port Townsend yard traditions to the powerful role of community attachment in keeping history alive.

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