Well I just took the Smallwood over from Port Aux Basques and I got some really good information from the crew. Thursday is supposed to be the Joey Smallwood's farewell run. The gift shop is all sold out of Smallwood items. Apparently what's going to happen is after Thursday, after the Smallwood comes back to North Sydney she will be "retired". From what I was told after that the Smallwood will be kept in reserve for a short time while the Blue Puttees and Highlanders are entering service. They took the Caribou out of service too quick and started removing some things (making her no longer fit for service) and then ran into a shortage when the weather kept the Vision from being able to dock in Port Aux Basques. For a while around Christmas Smallwood was handling 100% of the runs! The Lief Ericsson should be back in service soon, and I would think when she is, that's when this "reserve" period will end for the Smallwood. For the time being, if there are any problems with the new ferries or the Vision, the Smallwood COULD make another run if need be. They are going to need the space at the dock for the ferries that are running so you could see the Smallwood at Sydport by the end of this week. They plant to keep both ships there until a buyer is found.