MANNS HARBOR — Due to a mechanical issue on the M/V Swan Quarter, the North Carolina Ferry System’s Pamlico Sound routes will be on alternate schedules until Friday.

The alternate schedules are as follows: Wednesday through Friday — Cedar Island to Ocracoke, 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 4 p.m.; Ocracoke to Cedar Island, 7:30 a.m., 1 p.m, 4 p.m.; Swan Quarter to Ocracoke, 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m.; Ocracoke to Swan Quarter, 7 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 12:45 p.m.

The routes are scheduled to resume normal operations on Saturday.