ST. PETERSBURG, Fla - The Cross Bay Ferry could be sailing back to the area soon. The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority has its sights set on a new, local vendor: Hubbard’s Marina.

It comes after a contract issue with its last vendor ended the service in April.

"I love the saying, ‘if you're too busy to go fishing, you're just too darn busy,’" Al Burns, Director of Procurement for PSTA, said at a meeting in late September.

The catchphrase, popularized by Hubbard’s Marina, is familiar to lots of people in the Bay Area. Now, Hubbard’s Marina could be known for something else too.

"We've been very interested and excited whether or not we were included or not, because waterborne transportation, I think, for our area is something we need," Captain Dylan Hubbard, VP and Co-Owner of Hubba

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