April 12, 2024 – Half day sail to Yellow Island Nature Preserve
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Sail to Yellow Island Nature Preserve
April 7, 2024 – Today we planned a sailing adventure to visit the Nature Conservancy’s Yellow Island. We had nice winds for sailing and sunshine. As we left the harbor…
Read moreBiggs orca T87 outside Friday Harbor and T124A’s in Eastsound, Orcas Island
April 5, 2024 – We got a chance to see Biggs orca T87 (the oldest known male transient orca in this region at approx 60 years old) as he was…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T137’s hunting outside Friday Harbor
April 1, 2024 – We called our passengers to scoot our sail earlier after hearing about a report of orca coming down Upright Channel. Shortly after casting off with sails…
Read moreYellow Island Nature Preserve on Easter Day
March 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday. As we sailed out of Friday Harbor we met a couple of Steller sea lions together with a California sea lion. As we approached…
Read moreSouth to Whale Rocks with lots of sea lions and eagles
March 30, 2024 – Our first official sail of the season. Heeled over on a close hauled sail towards the wind we left Friday Harbor and crossed San Juan Channel.…
Read moreNovember sail north to Flattop and New Channel
November 3, 2023 – Beautiful fall sail to Flattop Island and exploring New Channel
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T123’s and T46C2 pass Friday Harbor
October 28, 2023 – Shortly after casting off from Friday Harbor we heard about an orca sighting near the Lopez Ferry Landing so we headed that direction. Snow covered Mt…
Read moreMinke whale in New Channel
October 21, 2023 – A northerly sail to some of our favorite places. Through the Wasp Islands, Flattop Island, Ripple Island, the Cactus Islands, and around Spieden Island. While drift…
Read moreSailing south to Salmon Bank
October 19, 2023 – A southerly sail down San Juan Channel visiting some of our favorite areas. There was a nice pod of harbor porpoise in the channel giving us…
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