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Heriot Bay – Whaletown (Cortes)

Reliability FPunctuality Dworsening

A severe mechanical reliability decline: 256 mechanical cancellations drove the route to a 7.3% cancellation rate.

92.7%
sailings completed
reliability F · 7.3% cancelled (mechanical)
78%
on-time
punctuality D · within 10 min of schedule
F
overall grade (FY2026)
weakest link — worse of the two

Total cancellations: 330 in FY2026 vs 132 in FY2025 — trend is worsening.

How this route compares

On-time78%
system average 86.1%
Cancelled7.3%
system average 0.7% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind26.1%
system average 17% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were79% mechanical
mechanical (maintenance) · weather / crew / other

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Documented incidents on this route

None documented yet.

Recent live disruptions captured

None captured recently on this route. See the live board →

Sources

Route 24: Heriot Bay – Whaletown (Cortes) — FerryWatch