Family joined us at Orcas Island ferry landing for an Anniversary surprise. We sailed the shoreline circumnavigating Shaw Island. Sailing West down Harney Passage often thrills us with sunset views.
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Full Day Sail with Js and Ks, Southern Resident Orcas
June 6th – Full Day Sail around San Juan Island. We caught the ebb out to Whale Rocks and saw no steller sea lions. Have they all gone to Oregon?…
Read moreResident orcas meet Transients
June 5th – After 22 days absence, our Southern Residents returned. They were heard on the hydrophones at dawn and the calls included those of L pod. This is their…
Read moreFamily sails
Fun family sail. It’s amazing how quick kids learn to skipper a boat.
Read moreJ-16 Resident Kiler Whales playfull in Big tides
Big tides following the new moon and the J16’s were stationary while swimming at speed chasing fish at Kellett Bluff. J50’s scars are still visible from her date of…
Read moreSunset Barbecue Drift Sail
Slooowwww down. Evening light descended the slopes of Spieden Island as we drifted past listening to the sound of silence. Sunset barbecue drift sail . Eagles calling and a low…
Read moreSunset Moonrise sail to Lovers Leap, Stuart Island
Sunset sail. Just missed the whales who made fast time on a flood tide. Nevertheless barbecued salmon supper as the Pelagic cormorants settled in for the night on Lovers Leap…
Read moreSupermoon – Full Lunar Eclipse follows Sunset Sail
So grateful for our passengers suggestion for this spectacular sail. The moon was invisible at first rising over Orcas island but as the twilight darkened the blood red glow of…
Read moreT49A Transient Orcas pass Friday Harbor Whale Museum
Gorgeous light of late September day with Transient Orca whale family T49As in San Juan Channel. Once again they pass the Port of Friday Harbor beneath a mural of an…
Read moreWhales – L pod, with L91 Muncher and her new calf L122 on the West Side San Juan Island
We sailed around San Juan Island and met L pods newest member, the two week old L122, traveling close beside his mother L91. L122 was first seen 9/7/15. Late afternoon…
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