August 19, 2023 – North, South, East or West is always the question we ask ourselves as we leave the dock. We attempted to go North after hearing about a…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T36A’s in Windy, Choppy Seas in Rosario Strait
Biggs/Transient Orcas T101’s around Lopez Island to Burrows Bay
August 16, 2023 – With news of Biggs/Transient orcas from the T101’s coming East towards Salmon Bank we moved south quickly with hopes to intercept them. We met the family…
Read moreMinke whale ‘Trotsky II’ on Salmon Bank
September 12, 2022 – The end of the ebb tide carried us passed the kelp forest of Turn Rock and gave us a slight edge on our close hauled sail down…
Read moreMinke whales on Salmon Bank
August 22, 2022 – South to Salmon Bank where we found multiple minke whales including one with the nickname “Trotsky II”. Other wildlife spotted included harbor seals, cormorants, gulls with…
Read moreHumpback whale BCY1110 “Pingu” passes Friday Harbor
July 14, 2022 – A sail with humpback whale BCY1110 “Pingu” down San Juan Channel passing Friday Harbor.
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T18’s coming down Presidents Channel
August 14, 2021 – An exciting sail seeing the Biggs/Transient orca family known as the T18’s as the came down Presidents Channel on the north side of Orcas Island. Mom,…
Read moreOrcas T37A’s on Partridge Bank plus Brown Pelican & Tufted Puffins at Smith Island
August 31, 2020 – We set sail to the South where pockets of blue sky showed between layers of cloud. Cutting in through Turn Island State Park drifting passed sleeping…
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