June 7, 2019 – Great winds for sailing. With an extreme low tide we began with exploring Turn Island Pass. Many harbor seals warming on the rocks as we passed…
Read moreCircumnavigating Shaw and meeting Biggs orca T124C by Pt Disney
Sail around Lopez meeting the T65Bs and T137s, Transient Killer Whales / Biggs Orcas
June 6, 2019 – Sailing out of Friday Harbor we received mixed reports of Orcas South in Rosario Strait. Every day North, South, East or West is a question and…
Read moreSailing with Transient/Biggs orcas T46Bs near Salt Spring
June 1, 2019 – Today we had an incredibly perfect day for sailing when we left the dock. Sailed quickly up the channel with a close pass to Yellow Island…
Read moreSailing with Biggs Orcas T101’s at Tumbo Island
May 26, 2019 – Today we met our passengers in Deer Harbor, Orcas Island. We sailed close to shore in Presidents Channel before finding wind for a fast sail to…
Read moreGuess who’s coming to dinner in Friday Harbor – The T65As
May 24, 2019 – We’d been following reports of transient/Biggs orcas, the T65A’s, heading north from Smith Island. We also were following news of two humpbacks heading south from Pt…
Read moreBiggs at Smith Island – T87, T90’s, T124A2’s
May 16, 2019 – Today was an epic full day adventure. North south east or west? After some deliberation we cast off and made the decision to go south against…
Read moreT87, the T90s, and T124A2s Green Pt. to Turn Pt.
May 14, 2019 – Sailed North with a belated report of Biggs Orcas coming in through Cattle Pass and passing Friday Harbor. We met T87, the T90s, and T124A2s near…
Read moreT49As at Boiling Reef
May 4, 2019 – Nice winds to get us started with a fast sail tacking back and forth up San Juan Channel. We had news of Biggs/transient killer whales known…
Read moreTransient Orca families T49A’s, T65B’s, T75B’s, T75C’s and T123’s in San Juan Channel
May 3, 2019 – Shortly after leaving the harbor we received news of a whale sighting. A large pod of orcas was seen in Cattle Pass. Lucky for us they…
Read moreT65A Transient Orca family Upright Head to Griffin Bay
September 29, 2018 – Winds today varied quite considerably between the islands. A beam reach out of the Harbor on a North wind which diminished requiring motor sailing on a…
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