Damage incurred by the Yakima ferry in February during a hard landing at the Bremerton terminal, which Washington State Ferries initially chalked up to “wind damage,” will cost the agency an additional $460,000 beyond regularly scheduled maintenance—and will result in a demotion for the man behind the wheel, according to WSF spokesperson Hadley Greene.

After hitting the Bremerton marina’s new breakwater, the vessel began taking on water around 1:50 a.m. on Feb. 8, as the master (the person laypeople might refer to as “captain”) attempted to land the boat. Greene said WSF’s investigation, completed earlier this month, determined the incident to be due to “a lack of situational awareness on the part of the master, which led to the vessel missing its landing at the Bremerton terminal. The employee will return to work as a second mate after completing training.” The master has been on paid administrative leave since the incident, and has received a pay cut to the second-mate rate (from approximately $86,000 to $63,000 annually).

Greene says the Yakima is scheduled to be put back in service on the San Juan/Anacortes route at the end of July. It is currently dry-docked at Todd Shipyard, where the total bill, including previously scheduled maintenance and steel repairs, is estimated to be $1,454,000.

The Coast Guard has completed its own investigation of the event, though findings have yet to be released. Senior investigating officer Lt. Cmdr. John Park says WSF’s investigation “goes close in line with what we found.”

The Yakima‘s brush with the breakwater was the second time in as many weeks that the boat made headlines. Just two weeks prior, a staff engineer discovered a pit in the hull’s plating, at which point the vessel was moved to supposedly calmer waters on the Bremerton route, where it was inspected every four hours by crew members.