August 3, 2020 – We cast off heading south cutting behind Turn Island where our familiar black matte harbor seal was hauled out (he is pretty rare in that he…
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Seeing two humpbacks as we sail around Orcas Island
August 1, 2020 – After hearing reports of a pair of humpback whales in Rosario Strait northbound between James Island and Anacortes we plotted a course inter-island to meet them.…
Read moreEvening sunset sail
July 31, 2020 – It was a beautiful evening sail. Shortly after leaving the harbor we spotted a bald eagle. Low Island had lots of harbor seals, cormorants and a…
Read moreSail to New Channel and Flattop Island
July 31, 2020 – As we left the harbor with fairly strong winds from the south we decided to head north up San Juan Channel with the winds behind us.…
Read moreA sail to Skipjack, Patos and Sucia
July 30, 2020 – Tacked our way North up San Juan Channel sailing by Shirt Tail Reef and Yellow Island. Rounding Jones and coming in to check out Flattop Island…
Read moreSailing around Orcas Island
July 29, 2020 – We picked up our passengers from Orcas Island today and planned a route to circumnavigate Orcas. The Shaw Island coastline has some wonderful forest where we…
Read moreA sail with orcas T65A’s and T137’s
July 28, 2020 – When we left Friday Harbor we had a report of two families of orcas known as the T65A’s and the T137’s traveling inter-island so we plotted…
Read moreMinke whale in San Juan Channel
July 27, 2020 evening sail – Winds were calm as we left Friday Harbor and we raised sails to head North. Traveling close to shore enjoying the coastline to Point Caution…
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July 27, 2020 – The flood current ran a little longer today but we decided to sail South and came through Turn Island Pass. We took our time as we passed…
Read moreProposal sail
July 26, 2020 – Today we had a very special sail – a surprise wedding proposal… and she said yes! We sailed north from Friday Harbor hugging the shoreline up…
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