Good question. There wasn't a picture of the gf or the dude. There was a picture of the ferry stuck just off shore. No where near the dock, just a bunch of trees at the nearest shore.
I believe all of the passengers were removed from the ferry and it was dragged off of the grounding at high tide. There was some hull damage. No holing.
Washingtonians have a morbid fascination with their ferry system and its occasional frap-ups, but this one was the all-time prize winner. My recollection differs, but I think if one cared enough to check the Seattle Times archive, he'd find it pretty close to accurate:
The Elwha notified no one of the event until they arrived at Friday Harbor, with a pronounced list and pumping furiously. The FHFD turned out several pieces of pumping equipment to keep the vessel afloat.
Both of them being "of a certain age", there was no suggestion that they were engaged in inappropriate activity, other than her illegal presence on the bridge. The captain asked the lady if she'd like to take a little tour to pass by her house and see what it looks like from the waterside. The woman, who lived in a place known as Grindstone Harbor for a good reason, declined, but the captain insisted, and as might be guessed, found the Grindstone, definitely holing the vessel significantly.
His actions remain completely inexplicable, the "harbor" is a little cove, maybe a couple acres, much silted and the well-charted "stone" blocks much of the entrance--I have over-nighted there in a 27 foot boat; felt no desire to do so in my current 41-footer. Most unlikely that a depth sounder would have penetrated the overweening brainfart that had to be going on.
Several days later, the "Mystery Woman" held a rollicking press conference at which she declared she was tired of being villified as "The Siren of the San Juans," and had she been aware that her presence on the bridge was illegal, she certainly would not have been there. She, quite credibly stated that she told the captain that she knew exactly what her house looked like and didn't think this ill-advised excursion would add any useful knowledge.
BTW: The road on the west side of Grindstone Harbor is now officially Elwha Rock Road.