Red and green transit lights are installed at both Buckley Bay and Denman West terminals facing oncoming marine traffic in each direction.

Baynes Sound Connector has a maximum speed of 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) and a passenger and crew capacity of 200 people max.

Red and green transit lights are installed at both Buckley Bay and Denman West terminals facing oncoming marine traffic in each direction.

[7] Its construction suffered delays and trial mishaps and the project has been drawing heavy criticism for using more fuel than the previous ship and for a lower service reliability notably caused by the downtime during excessive wind speed.

[13] A BC Ferries review of 16 February 2023 identified persisting problems with "overheating of the hydraulic motors, bolt cracking on the bull-wheel and hull fouling".

The review recommended to meet increasing demand with an additional smaller conventional ferry at peak times and to repower and expand Baynes Sound Connector by 2034.