June 20, 2021 – We left Friday Harbor with a plan to circumnavigate San Juan Island. Moderately strong winds were forecast from the north with an ebb through much of…
Read moreBald eagle chick, Peregrine falcon, and minke whale, oh my
A sail with Orcas T77C with T77D and then T37A1 with T65A5
June 19, 2021 – Wing on wing and fast beam reach sails with following seas was a beautiful way to travel North in San Juan Channel. We’d cut through the…
Read moreSailing with a schwack of Transient orcas
June 17, 2021 – We headed south on the ebb with a great sail to Big Rock glacial erratic when we picked up news of a large group of orcas…
Read moreSailing with Biggs orcas T46B’s up the west side of San Juan
June 16, 2021 – When we left Friday Harbor we had been listening to radio chatter about a pod of orcas who were southbound in San Juan Channel. They stopped…
Read moreMinke on Salmon Bank, Gray whale in Cattle Pass
June 12, 2021 – We sailed South on the ebb with a report of orcas (T18’s and others) at Hein Bank. Low tide and the pass inside Turn Island was…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T123’s in San Juan Channel
June 10, 2021 – When we left the dock a family of orcas known as the T123’s had crossed from Pt Disney to Lovers Cove on Orcas Island and were…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T65A’s with T125A and T128 on west side of San Juan Island
June 9, 2021 – After leaving Friday Harbor we decided to head south. Raised sails and had a pleasant drift around Turn Island where harbor seals hauled out (including the…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T46B’s take us to Boiling Reef
June 8, 2021 – As we were about to cast off from the dock we got a report of orcas near Pt Disney, Waldron Island. Our passengers were excited at…
Read moreSailing from Spieden to Skipjack
June 4, 2021 – We made fast tracks north today upon hearing about an orca sighting near Battleship Island. The orca was identified as T65A5. As we were in Spieden…
Read moreMinke Whales and Tufted Puffins at Smith Island
May 31, 2021 – Today we had our first minke encounter of the year – well, we actually found two minkes. One was on Salmon Bank and a familiar friend…
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