An epic day sailing into Canada around the Pender Islands to see the Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T65B’s and then finding her sister and offspring, the T65A’s, on our…
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April 11th, 2022. We headed North on a report of Biggs Orcas hunting a Stellar Sea lion off Ruben Tarte park. Breaches and tail slaps and lots of seagull activity…
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April is 7th, 2022 – A sad day in Friday Harbor as a large fire burned historic buildings of downtown. I was assigned on exposure protection and the fire was sufficiently…
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April 6th, 2022 – Our first sail of the year after coming out of dry dock was a memorial sail for our friend and frequent passenger Toi Costakes. She liked to…
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November 26, 2021 – Quite an adventure with much persistence to see a rare pod of orcas known as the T167’s. They’ve made some appearances to our area in recent…
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October 9, 2021 – A blustery sail with the T60’s (minus T60D and T60E) plus T2B from Limestone Point to Cattle Point. Many harbor seals at Deadman Island and a…
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September 24, 2021 – An exciting sail heading up into Boundary Passage to see Biggs/Transient orcas T34A1, T36’s (T36 with T36B’s), T65A5, and T65B’s with a beautiful back drop of…
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September 23, 2021 – What a fun adventure it was circumnavigating San Juan Island. An exciting sea lion close encounter, followed by a great minke whale encounter, and then seeing…
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September 21, 2021 – Cetacean trifecta! Minkes, a gray whale and orcas! The gray whale is catalogued as CRC30, and it was first identified in 1983. Also seen near the…
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September 16, 2021 – What a fun adventure it was circumnavigating Lopez Island. We had a fantastic view of the Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T18’s (mostly T18 and T19C)…
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