Traffic snarled on Highway 104 following boat mishap

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Travelers on Highway 104 west of the Hood Canal Bridge were being delayed by a wayward yacht Tuesday afternoon.

But it wasn’t a typical one triggering a raised drawbridge on the span across Hood Canal.

Instead, the Washington State Patrol closed the highway down to one lane after a large yacht fell off a boat trailer and landed in the eastbound lane.

Traffic going west was backed up for nearly two miles — almost all the way to the traffic advisory billboard near Milepost 12 — following the crash.

The mishap was reported shortly after 1 p.m. Sept. 15, and traffic stayed at a snail’s pace late into the afternoon.