August 7, 2024 – After casting off we came inside Turn Island seeing the harbor seals warming in the sun. Tacked our way sailing down the channel until we became…
Read moreA Foggy sail to Whale Rocks
Sailing to Salmon Bank
August 2, 2024 – Half day sail south to Salmon Bank with lots of wildlife including raccoons, great blue herons, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, cormorants, gulls with chicks, a…
Read moreSunset sail north to New Channel and Flattop Island
May 29, 2024 – After casting off from Friday Harbor we had a light sprinkle in the harbor with sunshine in the channel so we headed for the sunshine. Biggs…
Read moreCircumnavigated San Juan Island and a visit with J Pod
June 14, 2018 – Islands were joined together in this morning’s extreme low tide. We navigated inside Turn Island watched by three raccoons in a tree and caught the tail…
Read more‘Split Fin’ and ‘Zig Zag’ with Peregrine Falcons at Monarch Head
May 29, 2018 – Extreme low tide made for beautiful coastline sailing between the islands. Harbor Seals basking in sunshine as we threaded our way through the Cactus Islands and…
Read moreA full day full of eagles
August 8, 2017 – Headed north to sail around some of our favorite places. Flattop Island was full of bald eagle activity. About 5 of them were sharing a meal…
Read moreSailing around north end of San Juan Islands
August 3, 2017 – Smokey haze gives diffuse light to the textured “fruitcake geology” of the islands. Bull kelp is at its prime as a forest in waters up to…
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T18/T19’s visit Roche Harbor via Mosquito Pass
August 2, 2017 – Smokey haze in the air from BC’s forest fires. We set out on a mission to find orcas. We even made kelp horn trumpets to call…
Read moreExploring New Channel
July 30, 2017 – Cut the lines and sailed north to explore some of our favorite National Wildlife Refuges and wildlife hang outs. So many bald eagles in New Channel…
Read moreEagle City, Long Island
Spring is on hold but the winds were light so we headed South on the ebb to explore Whale Rocks and the Islands South of Lopez. Into the world of…
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