Morning sail along the shores of the San Juan Islands
Read moreMorning sail along the shores of the San Juan Islands
Port of Friday Harbor July 4th Fireworks Sail
Independence Day – freedom is found in sailing north with good speed on a beam reach for the sunset. We returned to the south with a mug of hot chocolate…
Read moreMorning Minke
Morning sail and we lucked out with a minke whale in Minke Pond, North of San Juan Island. Newborn harbor seals, eagle activity, and we’re ecstatic to find, for the first…
Read moreYellow Island in Juneuary
Passengers joined from the beach off Lopez Island using the Bullfrog tender. Sufficient winds to sail inside of Turn Island and continued wing on wing to Yellow Island. Anchoring and…
Read moreHoneymoon sail
Again, we had weather, weather of all kinds. Fast sailing. An Orcas Island pick up at Deer Harbor for another honeymoon couple. Half day sail included a beam reach across…
Read moreSailing close to Summer Solstice
Getting close to summer solstice. Cumulous clouds: unstable atmosphere. Strong winds: glassy calm. First harbor seal pup of the season. Peregrine Falcon chicks: ready to leave the nest. Moon is moving…
Read moreDouble reefed main and small jib – beautiful sailing under stormy skies
Every cloud has a silver lining, but in the San Juans, the clouds are lined with gold. Good sailing. When the squalls hit like tropical downpours, Peniel cuts through the…
Read moreMoresby to East Point
June 4th – Sailed around the block. Moresby to East Point with northwesterly outflow winds giving us a good kick. Harbor Porpoise seemed to love the back eddies and upwellings.One highlight…
Read moreCircumnavigate Orcas passing Sucia, Matia, Barnes and Clarke
We sailed with the flood and ebb to circumnavigate Orcas Island. Explored new ground passing Matia, Barnes and Clark and the cliffs of Lawrence Point. Sailing the coastline of Presidents…
Read moreFamily Sails
An education for sure. Rain and moderate to strong winds in Haro Strait meant serious speed with reefed main on a beam reach to Canada. Winter weather in the beginning…
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