July 10, 2020 – South on the ebb with our passenger taking the helm to sail across to Big Rock, a glacial erratic boulder left on the shoreline of Lopez…
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Our 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 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…
Read moreHumpback whale BCX1358 “Frankenstein” passes Friday Harbor
June 17, 2020 – Once again we received an early morning report of a humpback coming down San Juan Channel towards Friday Harbor. We cast off with some friends to…
Read moreHumpback BCY0771 “Bump” passes Friday Harbor
June 11, 2020 – An early morning report came in of a humpback whale coming down San Juan Channel towards Friday Harbor. Off we went to go see who it…
Read moreHumpbacks BCX0837 ‘Tempest’ and BCX1057 ‘Divot’ pass Friday Harbor
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…
Read moreThree 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…
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