April 22, 2026 – After casting off from Friday Harbor we headed North after hearing reports of two Biggs/Transient male orcas over by D’Arcy Island. They had crossed Haro from…
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Yellow Island and Biggs/Transient Orcas T123’s
April 19, 2026 – With plans of visiting The Nature Conservancy’s Yellow Island Nature Preserve today we headed north after leaving Friday Harbor. There was a strong ebb against us…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T100’s inter-island
April 17, 2026 – As we left Friday Harbor there was a report of orcas southbound at Lawrence Pt on the east side of Orcas Island. Our passenger took the…
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T65 and T63 “Chainsaw”
April 15, 2026 – We sailed north on the beginning of the flood tide with a report of Biggs/Transient orcas at East Point, Saturna Island, and two orcas approaching San…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T36A’s, T86A1’s and T124A4’s followed by Humpback whales BCX1068 Split Fluke and BCX1193 Zig Zag followed by T36A1’s and T65A’s
March 28, 2026 – Biggs/Transient orcas, T36A’s (minus T36A1’s), T86A1’s, and T124A4’s) came into Friday Harbor about an hour or so before we cast off. When our passengers arrived on…
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T49A2 with T65A5 followed by Humpback Whale HW-MN0510828
October 22, 2025 – An October morning a little chilly with a possibility of rain and we headed north with a report of a humpback whale in New Channel. As…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T37A’s by Limestone Pt
October 19, 2025 – With strong gusty winds we raised sails with the main at third reef and headed north through a convergence one of blue skies to black skies. Tacked our…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T49A2 and T65A5 in New Channel
October 17, 2025 – With a report of orcas westbound out of Wasp Passage after hunting in West Sound we moved north quickly. We caught up with the two male…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T49A2 and T65A5 in San Juan Channel
October 15, 2025 – North wind and a flood current gave us a fast close-hauled sail across the channel towards Neck Pt. Here we heard a report of orcas south…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T60D and T60E join T36’s near Friday Harbor
Sept 28, 2025 – We headed north in San Juan Channel but on approaching Neck Pt we had a report of orcas coming north through Cattle Pass. Spinning around and…
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