September 22, 2021 – David and Barbara’s five year wedding anniversary 🙂 And a sail visiting some of our favorite places here in the San Juans. Flattop Island, New Channel,…
Read moreNorth to New Channel, Skipjack, and Presidents Channel
Minkes, a gray whale and orcas!
September 21, 2021 – Cetacean trifecta! Â Minkes, a gray whale and orcas! The gray whale is catalogued as CRC30, and it was first identified in 1983. Also seen near the…
Read moreHalf day sail south
September 20, 2021 – We had a nice sail down San Juan Channel to Cattle Pass to check out some of our favorite wildlife areas. Some of the animals we…
Read moreA pair of Humpback whales and Southern Resident orcas from L pod
September 19, 2021 – We had an exciting encounter with a pair of humpback whales as they traveled northbound on the west side of San Juan Island near Lime Kiln Point…
Read moreL Pod in Boundary Pass and a Minke whale by Minke Lake
September 18, 2021 – An exciting encounter seeing Southern Resident orcas from L Pod followed by a minke whale encounter in the area known as “Minke Lake” west of Waldron…
Read moreSailing with Orcas and then Humpbacks
September 16, 2021 – What a fun adventure it was circumnavigating Lopez Island.  We had a fantastic view of the Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T18’s (mostly T18 and T19C)…
Read moreSouthern Resident Orcas at Turn Pt and Biggs Orcas T18’s with T65B’s near Yellow Island
September 15, 2021 – After picking up our passengers from Orcas Island we headed for Turn Point, Stuart Island, with the hopes to see the Southern Resident orcas. All three…
Read moreOn Salmon Bank with a minke whale
September 14, 2021 – It was a fun adventure even with the rain – We saw bald eagles, harbor seals, harbor porpoise, diving birds, cormorants, sea lions, and a minke…
Read moreShort sail venturing into Fishermans Harbor
September 13, 2021 – A short sail across to Shaw Island, into Fishermans Harbor, Lopez, and around Turn Island State Park.
Read moreBiggs Orcas T65A’s and T65B’s porpoise away from Resident orcas
September 12, 2021 – While enroute to see the Biggs orcas T65A’s and T65B’s, we heard that several Southern Resident orcas from K pod and L pod popped up right…
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