Easter sails with whales! We met the J17’s and J22’s families at the Orcas Ferry Landing. Dawdling west through Harney Channel they eventually but deliberately took the narrow Pole Pass.…
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Transient Orca Syphop David and Barbara in Bullfrog Skiff David and Barbara in Bullfrog Skiff with Male Transient Killer Whale T137A
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J pod in Haro Strait, spread in loose family groups across the border and traveling North. It was our first time seeing J28 Polaris with her new calf, J54, born…
Read moreDrifting South in San Juan Channel with silence broken only by massive breaths of a Humpback whales exhalation. Magical light as we passed the Port of Friday Harbor. Drifting towards Lopez…
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With business slowing down in October Barbara and I took some time to travel North. Our mission was to travel to a research station named Orcalab, famous for its 45…
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Sailing North to Speiden Channel we met the T60 family of Transient, or Bigg’s, Orcas. Folks staying at Lonesome Cove Resort witnessed the family as they hunted harbor seals. A…
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The jagged outline of whale rocks enshrouded in the thick fog intensified the smells and sounds of Stellar Sea Lions. Somewhere off False Bay there were Orcas but they were…
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A special couple return with family for their fourth sail of the season with us. A six hour sail worked well for quality time with L and K pod Southern…
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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…
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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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