Sept 12th – Plenty of wind when we departed Friday Harbor which called for a double reefed main and small jib. Smooth sailing. We cut through John’s Pass to circumnavigate…
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Happy with Humpbacks
Sept 7th – Today felt like the rainiest day we’ve had in a long time. Luckily there was a break in the raindrops as we encountered two humpback whales in…
Read moreSail to Transient Orca T party
Aug 10th – Our full day sails feel like we flew to London. This one feels like we flew to Shanghai. We were invited to the T party, and we…
Read moreGoing the extra mile for Big Mama, Zig Zag and Mama’s latest calf
Aug 7th – Going the extra mile for Big Mama, Zig Zag and Mama’s latest calf. After seeing Mouflon Sheep & Rams munching seaweed north forested shore of Spieden, we…
Read moreSail to Saturna island
Some days we sail a long way in search of the whale. Tumbo Island north of East Point, Saturna, Canada returning by way of Monarch Head and Java Rocks. Beautiful…
Read moreJ17s foraging at false Bay
July 26, 2016 – J17s foraging at false Bay, Double stuf J34 and his Mum Oreo J22 foraging Pile Point. J31 breaching, J14s slow North, Blackberry J27 and his brother…
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 moreBig Mamma Humpback and the T123 Transient Orcas
Afternoon to sunset sail. We went north and into Haro Strait to find Big Mama humpback and her calf ambling towards Turn Point. We left them to double back toward…
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…
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