July 2, 2025 – After leaving Friday Harbor we dithered around deciding whether to go north to see humpback whale “Big Mama” with her calf by East Pt or to…
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July 1, 2025 – After casting off we headed north with a good sail up San Juan Channel. We spotted our first harbor seal pups of the year with one…
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July 1, 2025 – We headed south on the ebb tide with good sailing down San Juan Channel. After passing the cormorant colony on Goose Island and Cattle Pt Lighthouse…
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June 29, 2025 – With a report of Biggs/Transient orcas (T123’s) moving west from the Orcas Ferry Landing we left the dock feeling excited. We had a relaxing sail up…
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June 28, 2025 – After leaving Friday Harbor we had two orca reports. The T65B’s were with T49A1 milling south of Stuart Island at the west end of Spieden Channel…
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June 27, 2025 – After leaving Friday Harbor we headed north on account of two families of orcas northbound in Haro Strait. It turned out to be Biggs/Transient orcas T36’s…
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June 26, 2025 – After leaving Friday Harbr we headed south and crossed the channel to Big Rock to cruise the Lopez coastline. We passed many sleepy harbor seals by…
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June 25, 2025 – With a report of Biggs/Transient orcas (T46C’s and T75C’s) milling for a few hours south of Lawrence Pt bucking the flood tide we decided to head…
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June 25, 2025 – After leaving Friday Harbor we debated whether to go north or south. We sailed across toward Shaw Island and began to head south when a report…
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June 24, 2025 – After leaving Friday Harbor we headed north on account of Biggs orcas southbound towards Satellite Channel. While we were in New Channel we heard the orcas…
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