May 13, 2026 – Anticipating stronger winds today we sailed out of Friday Harbor with reefed sails. Four of our passengers were young pirate sailors excited for adventure. Seven knots…
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May 12, 2026 – Today’s whale reports had whales heading south in Rosario Strait looking out of reach and orcas (T49A’s) approaching False Bay, San Juan Island, from Victoria. We…
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May 11, 2026 – Sailed a beam reach on the ebb and wing on wing through Turn Island Pass. Harbor seals were warming in the late afternoon sun. We decided…
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May 11, 2026 – Raising sails as we left Friday Harbor for a beam reach down island on the ebb. Wing on wing through Turn Island Pass watched by the…
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May 10, 2026 – We headed north after hearing a report of orcas eastbound in Spieden Channel. The two groups split with one group heading to Flattop Island (T86A1’s, T86A3…
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May 9, 2026 – After sailing the channel to Shaw Island we decided to head east to circumnavigate Lopez Island. We cut inside of Canoe Island, rounded Upright Head, and…
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May 6, 2026 – We co-ordinated with our passengers to leave a day early this morning after hearing reports of the Biggs/Transient orcas who had been seen by the ferry…
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May 3, 2026 – We sailed out of Friday Harbor with news of the Biggs/Transient orcas T49A’s traveling East from Cattle Point. Unsure whether to head South in San Juan…
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May 2, 2026 – After picking up our folks from Orcas Island we had a difficult choice as to whether our best bet was to take San Juan Chanel South…
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April 26, 2026 – Today we had a sail with a visit Yellow Island Nature Preserve. It was spectacular! The wildflower bloom is just incredible! On our return to the…
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