FerryWatch
Board · Route 8 · Minor · Metro Vancouver
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Horseshoe Bay – Bowen Island (Snug Cove)

Reliability DPunctuality Fworsening
97.8%
sailings completed
reliability D · 2.2% cancelled (mechanical)
68.8%
on-time
punctuality F · within 10 min of schedule
F
overall grade (FY2025)
weakest link — worse of the two

Total cancellations: 242 in FY2025 vs 110 the year before — trend is worsening.

How this route compares

On-time68.8%
system average 84%
Cancelled2.2%
system average 1.4% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind12.8%
system average 15.5% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were68% mechanical
mechanical (maintenance) · weather / crew / other

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Documented incidents on this route

None documented yet.

Recent live delays captured

8:55 pm sailing~40 min late4 hr ago
10:35 am sailing~39 min late13 hr ago
1:10 pm sailing~15 min late252 hr ago
11:55 am sailing~15 min late254 hr ago
1:10 pm sailing~15 min late275 hr ago
1:10 pm sailing~15 min late276 hr ago
5:20 pm sailing~15 min late560 hr ago
5:20 pm sailing~15 min late560 hr ago
3:55 pm sailing~20 min late561 hr ago
3:55 pm sailing~20 min late562 hr ago
1:10 pm sailing~15 min late564 hr ago
7:50 pm sailing~30 min late580 hr ago
6:35 pm sailing~20 min late582 hr ago
6:35 pm sailing~20 min late582 hr ago
5:20 pm sailing~30 min late584 hr ago

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