May 27, 2024 – Today we saw so much wildlife including three types of whales… ‘A Whale Trifecta’ – minke whales, orcas, and humpback whales! Other wildlife included groups of…
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Minke whale and sea otter on Hein Bank and Southern Resident Orcas L12’s
July 3, 2023 – After leaving Friday Harbor we headed south today with a mission to head to Hein Bank. There had been sightings of about 5 minke whales there.…
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August 8, 2022 – We sailed south and spotted many harbor seals, some bald eagles and saw many cormorants and gulls nesting on Goose Island. As we arrived at Salmon…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T124A2’s and T124A4’s followed by Southern Resident L Pod Orcas
August 4, 2022 – As we left the harbor winds were moderately strong so we reefed the sails and made our way northwest up San Juan Channel with a great…
Read moreA pair of Humpback whales and Southern Resident orcas from L pod
September 19, 2021 – We had an exciting encounter with a pair of humpback whales as they traveled northbound on the west side of San Juan Island near Lime Kiln Point…
Read moreL Pod in Boundary Pass and a Minke whale by Minke Lake
September 18, 2021 – An exciting encounter seeing Southern Resident orcas from L Pod followed by a minke whale encounter in the area known as “Minke Lake” west of Waldron…
Read moreWelcome home Southern Resident Killer Whales (J’s and L’s)
June 11, 2018 – Today we awoke to some fantastic sounds – the Southern Resident Killer Whales were vocalizing on Lime Kiln Point State Park hydrophone. First time they’ve been…
Read moreAn epic encounter with the Southern Resident L12’s
Sept 10th – What can we say about today. Lots of wind which called for a double reefed main sail and a small jib. We’re sailing now…. and with whales…
Read moreL122 is a boy!
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…
Read moreSailing with whales South of San Juan Island
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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