September 7, 2021 – Today and had another sail with the orca family known as the T18’s and a minke whale like the day before. Yesterday we went north, and…
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Orcas T18’s hunting by White Rock and a Minke whale by Friday Harbor
September 6, 2021 – It was an exciting sail today getting a chance to see one of our favorite Biggs/Transient orca families, the T18’s. We met the whales as they…
Read moreMinke whale northbound in San Juan Channel
September 4, 2021 – After leaving the harbor we had thoughts to go south after hearing of a minke whale to the south in San Juan Channel. However, after we…
Read moreMultiple Minke whales near Salmon Bank
September 2, 2021 – We headed south on our full day sail. We found a minke whale on Salmon Bank and a pair swimming together on our way back to…
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August 31, 2021 – Pretty lighting today on our sail. We checked out the beautiful steep forested north shore of Orcas Island before crossing Presidents Channel to Waldron Island. Here…
Read moreEvening short sunset sail
August 25, 2021 – We had a great little short sail. Lots of wildlife including several bald eagles, harbor seals and even a minke whale near the bottom of Shaw…
Read moreA minke on Salmon Bank and a sail to Castle Rock
August 24, 2021 – A great sail down San Juan Channel, through the pass by Deadman Island, to Whale Rocks to see the Steller sea lions, out to Salmon Bank finding…
Read moreMinke encounter and a rare Brown Pelican
August 19, 2021 – After leaving the harbor we headed south out of Cattle Pass. We found a minke whale on Salmon Bank who gave us some great views as it…
Read moreSail south to bottom of Lopez
August 13, 2021 – We had plans to head north today and use the ebb to sail from New Channel to Mandarte Island. However, with news of 15 Biggs/transient orcas…
Read moreBest Minke whale mugging EVER
August 11, 2021 – What a sail we had today! We were mugged by a minke whale who circled us roughly 10 times! We returned via the South Lopez coastline,…
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