May 29, 2020 – An early morning exciting sighting of some humpback whales coming down the channel towards Friday Harbor made us scoot out the door in a hurry with…
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Three humpbacks visit Friday Harbor on Mother’s Day
May 10, 2020 – A Happy Mother’s Day! The three humpbacks that visited Friday Harbor today all had calves last year. We heard an earlier report of humpbacks coming down…
Read moreHumpbacks BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’ pass Friday Harbor
April 7, 2020 – Essential ID’s… The first humpback whales of 2020 to pass Friday Harbor: BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’. Interestingly they headed into the fastest part…
Read moreSail with orcas T35A’s and T38A’s plus humpback MMX0007 by Green Pt
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 moreA 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 fantastic sail with orcas T100’s and a lunge feeding humpback MMX0006
September 25, 2019 – We had such an incredible adventure. It began with an Orcas Island pick up. On the way there we happened upon a group of Biggs/transient orcas…
Read moreA sail with humpback whale MMY0079 “Scratchy” in Rosario
September 18, 2019 – North, South, East or West ? With a nice breeze we rolled out the headsail for a fun sail across San Juan Channel and after weighing…
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 sail to Danger Shoal to find Humpback whale MMX0007 “Bond”
September 15, 2019 – After rounding Point Caution we raised the headsail for a light wind sail across San Juan Channel. Tacking around Low Island and passing Yellow Island where…
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…
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