[Greg Gilbert, Seattle Times photo]
Connie McDougall has a profile/interview of Captain Ty Anderson in today’s Seattle Times. Here’s something I didn’t know: They do weddings. And funerals.
Q: Do you allow weddings on board?
A: All the time. And memorial services. We slow to a stop so they can scatter the ashes, and we give three long blasts as a salute. An officer notes the latitude, longitude and time and takes that to the relatives. We try to be accommodating but we can’t do it if there’s a lot of wind or we’re on the 5:30 p.m. run out of Seattle.
