Aug 8th – Excited to have the T18’s back in our area after a battle with humpbacks yesterday. We met them north of Upright Channel heading east while the T99’s,…
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Double hitter: Sailing with Residents and Transients.
Aug 5, 2016 – Double hitter: Residents and Transients. J’s and L’s swimming against the strong flood tide from Turn Point to Kellett Bluff. Larger groups and lots of breaches.…
Read moreTransient Orcas the T65A’s at Canoe Island
July 31, 2016 – We were headed out of Cattle Pass to meet Residents J’s and L’s when we received the call of Transients at Lopez ferry terminal. Doubling back…
Read moreSailing with Transient Orcas, T34s with T37 and T37B’s
July 28, 2016 – Searching for whales and finding 4 generations of Transients T34s with T37 and T37B’s. Residents are gone, and no humpbacks reported in our area. We set…
Read moreDouble hitter – Residents and Transients
July 22, 2016 – Double hitter – Residents and Transients in the same day. Out through Cattle Pass making good time with a reefed main. Fun sail alongside of J34…
Read moreTransients in Friday Harbor – T65As and 37As
Transients passing Friday Harbor! Cut the lines! We’re away from the dock! Introductions can come later! T65A’s and T37A’s. Our first time seeing a new calf born 2015, T37A4, and…
Read moreThe T49A’s – one of our most “Resident” Transient Orca families
We met up with the T49A’s, one of our most “Resident” transient families, at Yellow Island after they passed Friday Harbor. They traveled and hunted amidst a flotilla of boats…
Read moreSailing with T124C, a solitary male orca
Fast sail on the flood up President’s Channel with T124C, a solitary male orca. We left him at Pt Doughty to catch a beam reach fast sail to Skipjack Island.…
Read moreTransient Orca family T77’s circumnavigate San Juan Island today
We cut through Mosquito Pass to meet the T77’s (first reported at Eagle Cove) hunting in Open Bay. They took the shoreline of Kellett Bluff past Roche Harbor and began…
Read moreTwo male whales traveling together
Good wind in Haro Strait gave us a broad reach to Mandarte Island where we met northbound orcas, T124C and T49C, two males traveling together. We sailed parallel north to…
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