July 20, 2017 – A whale trifecta! 4 minkes on Salmon Bank, Biggs/Transient orcas T46B’s and a humpback whale. An amazing day!! It was minke soup out there! What a…
Read moreIt was whale soup out there! 4 Minkes, Orca family T46B’s plus a humpback!
Humpbacks MMX0101 “Strike” and CS631 “Two Spot” plus orcas T34’s, T37 and T37B’s in Swanson Channel
July 19, 2019 – What an adventure sailing up Swanson’s Channel in Canada finding two humpback whales swimming close to the Pender Bluffs. We identified one of these animals as…
Read moreSailing with a humpback whale MMX0167 “Stitch” and several groups of orca
July 15, 2019 – It was a phenomenal sail with so many whale encounters. First was a humpback whale identified as MMX0167 ‘Stitch’ milling near Boiling Reef. As we were…
Read moreSail to Turn Point Lighthouse with two humpbacks BCY0324 “Big Mama” and MMX0099.
Sailed North and met two humpbacks in Haro Strait which we ID’d as BCY0324 “Big Mama” and MMX0099. We were able to drift and slowly sailed wing on wing parallel…
Read moreOrcas and humpbacks, oh my! T65A’s and Heather (BCY0160) and Raptor (BCY0458)
July 8, 2019 – We left Friday Harbor and set a course to the North. Winds were light today and the currents were ebbing. We heard a report of the T65A…
Read moreFinding humpback whale MMX0167 “Stitch” by East Pt
June 22, 2019 – We Left Friday Harbor with a whale report of Biggs/Transient Orcas at Point Grey, Vancouver. That’s 50 miles North – but we did note they were…
Read moreSailing North in strong winds and meeting humpback whale
June 19, 2019 –To reef or not to reef was the question. We sailed out of the harbor under full sail and took some shelter by cutting in through the…
Read moreOrcas T49A’s, humpbacks BCY0160 ‘Heather’ and BCY0458 ‘Raptor’, and so much more
June 8, 2019 – An exciting surprise for us today when we found our old neighbors were with our local passengers. Downwind wing on wing sailing coming about with a…
Read moreBald Eagle Bonanza
June 5, 2019 – As we left Friday Harbor an eagle took off and flew into the distance North up San Juan Channel. A deer watched from her resting spot.…
Read moreA pair of humpbacks BCX1057 ‘Divot’ and BCZ0338 ‘Geometry’, falcon chicks and an eaglet
May 30, 2019 – Fog to the south so we sailed north with some good winds. Wing on wing passing the harbor seals at Shirt Tail Reef and the harbor…
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