July 11, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor with sails sheeted in tight and a plan to sail South as J pod of the Southern Resident Orcas were on the West…
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Epic sail with J pod and also 3 minke whales
July 9, 2020 – We decided to sail south today with reports of the Southern Resident orcas from J pod still doing the westside shuffle since July 4th. At first…
Read moreJ pod orcas off San Juan westside and a minke whale near Flattop
July 7, 2020 – J pod of the Southern Resident orca community had been on the West side of San Juan Island for the passed three days. It was our…
Read moreOrcaT-Party by Patos Island
July 6, 2020 – As we left Friday Harbor we received news of Biggs orcas milling at Point Doughty, the northern shore of Orcas Island. An unusual sighting of a…
Read moreGrand slam! Minke, humpback and two eco-types of orcas!
July 5, 2020 – Our first grand slam! We sailed south and hugged the San Juan Island shoreline down to Cattle Pass. A minke whale was lunge feeding on Salmon…
Read moreJuly 4th sail with J pod, sunset, moonrise and fireworks
July 4, 2020 – We had a report in the morning of Southern Resident orcas from J pod inbound at Church Rock and we heard of members from L pod…
Read moreOur Southern Resident orcas are here! Sailing with K12’s and K13’s and a humpback whale MMZ0004 Zephyr
July 1, 2020 – Lots of excitement as soon as we woke this morning with news that K pod had arrived to San Juan Island. We’d been expecting them after…
Read moreTrifecta! Orcas T46’s outside Friday Harbor, a Humpback BCY0409, and a minke
June 29, 2020 – “I saw something go down! Looked like an orca fin!”. It started out like a normal day leaving Friday Harbor to pass the University Marine Labs…
Read moreT46B’s and T49A’s and a sail around San Juan Island
June 23, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor with the knowledge of Transient/Biggs Orcas the T46B’s (minus T46B1’s) and T49A’s (minus T49A1 and T49A2) heading North from Hein Bank. The…
Read moreHumpbacks at Boiling Reef and Orcas T46B’s near Friday Harbor
June 22, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor to drift in light winds close to shore and found a breeze at Point Caution to cross the channel on a beam…
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