Friend o’ the LoCO Rob Christensen sends along this photo, snapped today down at the Eureka Public Marina by the Wharfinger Building.

Yes, that is the Catalina Flyer — a 600-seat catamaran, round-trip service between Orange County and the town of Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island. 

What is going on here, buddy! Wrong turn? Did you just set sail that day for a three-hour tour?

As it happens, no less an authority than Wikipedia itself has the answer. To wit:

From Oct. 2022 to Nov. 2023 the Catalina Flyer underwent an extensive refit at Nichols Brother Boat Builders (the original builder of the vessel). The engines were upgraded to MTU 16v4000 m64 EPA tier 3 units. The interior cabin was fitted with USA built seats made by UES seating. 

Nicholas Brothers Boat Builders, we note, is located in Freeland, Washington, on Puget Sound. So it seems that the newly respiffed Flyer is just paying us a call on its trip back south.