September 28, 2019 – Winds were moderate to Strong North Easterlies favorable for sailing. With some blue skies to aim for we headed North on a close hauled sail from…
Read moreSail with orcas T35A’s and T38A’s plus humpback MMX0007 by Green Pt
A day of Changing conditions with a glimpse of J11’s and two Humpback Whales BCY0160 “Heather” and BCY0458 “Raptor”
September 26, 2019 With news of Orcas heading North in Rosario Strait we headed North quick on the flood through Spring Pass and the shoreline of Orcas Island up Presidents…
Read moreA mystical sail with fog, sunshine and a humpback BCX1057 aka ‘Divot’
September 16, 2019 – South on the ebb to cut through Turn Island Pass. Six raccoons foraging knee deep at the tide line while the harbor seals snoozed and a…
Read moreA wild humpback encounter with MMX0006 aka “Double Drop”
September 14, 2019 – Winds were perfect for sailing swiftly moving us along out of Cattle Pass to meet a humpback whale MMX0006 aka “Double Drop” and back to Friday…
Read moreA sail with humpback MMX0007 “Bond”
September 11, 2019 – It was great hanging out with you and humpback whale MMX0007 ‘Bond’. New Channel was beautiful as always with bald eagles, harbor seals and a Peregrine…
Read moreSailing to our favorite wildlife refuges and meeting a humpback whale MMX0007 “Bond”
September 8, 2019 – Misty morning departure and we sailed a path between the low clouds into Low Island and Yellow Island North through Spring pass. Hearing of a humpback…
Read moreTransient orcas T36A’s with T101’s, T49A3, followed by T137’s
September 7, 2019 – A sail filled with so much wildlife including bald eagles, harbor seals, harbor porpoise, loads of common murres, and lots of orcas. First we saw the…
Read moreSail with T60s, T2B and T59 around D’Arcy Island and later in Spieden Channel
September 5, 2019 – What a beautiful day to be on the water. There was a playful pod of porpoise outside Friday Harbor soon after we set sail. The sounds…
Read moreSailing with Transient Orcas T60s with T2B and T59 from Sidney Island to D’Arcy
North through the Wasp islands, Spring Pass, Flattop Island and into New Channel. Making good time wit the ebb current we crossed Haro Strait into Canada. We met the T60s…
Read moreSailing with whales – T60s, T2B and T59 followed by the T37As and a Humpback whale BCX1358 “Frankenstein”
September 3, 2019 – By chance we found ourselves in the middle of the Deer Harbor Wooden Boat Rendezvous race. Leaving them as they rounded Jones Island we sailed into…
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