August 1, 2025 – A great day for sailing. We sailed all the way to Flattop Island and back. Harbor seals were hauled out with their new pups. Gull chicks…
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Sunset sail around Flattop, White Rock and down the Orcas coastline
July 31, 2025 – Half day sail through the Wasp Islands, through Spring Pass and up to Flattop Island Wildlife Refuge. Good winds for sailing as we continued to White…
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July 31, 2025 – We’d been hearing an eagle chick calling for over a week at Brown Island. Today we saw it spotted by one of our passengers. Sailed over…
Read moreMinke whale “Dent” on Salmon Bank
July 30, 2025 – We started a northerly course with a report of orcas (T65B’s) at D’arcy Island. However, on hearing the orcas took the west side of Sidney Island…
Read moreSunset sail around Skipjack Island
July 23, 2025 – With a report of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T65B’s hunting at Java Rocks we headed north quickly. As we approached Sandy Pt the orcas had…
Read moreA pair of Humpback Whales and Biggs/Transient Orcas T65B’s in Boundary Pass
July 23, 2025 – With fog to the south we headed north. There was a report of 2-3 humpbacks moving east in Boundary Pass so kept with the strongest part…
Read moreMinke whales “Dent” and “Trotsky II” on Salmon Bank / “Trotsky II” showing injury? on left side
July 22, 2025 – Southbound after leaving Friday Harbor we took the narrow pass around Turn Island State Park passing a bald eagle and harbor seals. We continued down San…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T36A’s and T123’s having a T Party
July 18, 2025 – As we left Friday Harbor the Biggs/Transient orcas, the T36A’s, were northbound up President Channel after circling Crane Island and taking Pole Pass. We didn’t think…
Read moreDistant views of a Minke Whale at Hein Bank
July 16, 2025 – After casting off we took the narrow pass around Turn Island seeing a black tailed deer, harbor seals and a bald eagle. Sailed down San Juan…
Read moreMinke whale on Salmon Bank
July 15, 2025 – We had a fun sail south passing harbor seals with newborn pups, black oystercatchers foraging and a pair of bald eagles by Deadman Island. After watching…
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