BC Ferries employed a water taxi Saturday evening after an afternoon mechanical failure forced the cancellation of all scheduled sailings between the Sunshine Coast and the mainland.

Sailings between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale from 4:45 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. were cancelled, stranding hundreds of travellers.

BC Ferries describes the issue as a “mechanical difficulty with the vessel’s main engine.”

“In the meantime, a 38 passenger water taxi has been sourced to provide service starting at 5:45 pm until further notice. It will be operating in Shuttle Mode,” said a notice on the company’s website.

Posts to social media show confusion and long lines at the two terminals.

BC Ferries has diverted another vessel to provide additional sailings to and from the Sunshine Coast at the following times

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