And the winner is — drum roll please — Kingston.

When the Bainbridge Island ferry dock is closed to vehicle traffic Sept. 7-13 a third boat will be added to the Kingston-Edmonds run.

Washington State Ferries also was considering Bremerton for that boat.

As crewing and vessel availability allow, WSF says in a news release Aug. 14 that it will provide partial daily additional service on the Edmonds/Kingston route during the September closure to vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles on the Bainbridge/Seattle run.

Because WSF is operating the Seattle/Bainbridge route on a one-boat sailing schedule with only walk-on passengers its second boat is available to provide unscheduled service as a third boat on the Edmonds/Kingston run.

It will operate around the two-boat schedule there to handle additional vehicle traffic traveling to or from BI and the Kitsap Peninsula.