October 23, 2024 – We took a northerly tack to sail up San Juan Channel and after crossing halfway to mid channel our passenger noticed a whale near Pt Caution.…
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Multiple Minke Whales on Middle Bank
October 13, 2022 – Extremely fun sailing adventure with repeat guests/friends out to Middle Bank where we found three or maybe four minke whales. A pair of them were traveling side…
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September 2, 2021 – We headed south on our full day sail. We found a minke whale on Salmon Bank and a pair swimming together on our way back to…
Read moreBest Minke whale mugging EVER
August 11, 2021 – What a sail we had today! We were mugged by a minke whale who circled us roughly 10 times! We returned via the South Lopez coastline,…
Read moreHalf day sail down to Salmon Bank
August 23, 2020 – Finding wind outside the harbor we raised sails for a beam reach to Turn Island and then wing on wing through Turn Island Pass. We were…
Read moreA minke on Salmon Bank and a sail to south Lopez
August 8, 2020 – Raised sails as we left Friday Harbor at the start of the Shaw Island Classic sailboat race. Peniel has many trophies from winning this race through…
Read moreGreat minke encounter on Salmon Bank
August 7, 2020 – Although we had moderate southerly wind leaving Friday Harbor we were hearing winds South of San Juan Island were just 4 knots and so we decided…
Read moreTwo Minke whales on Salmon Bank
July 4, 2020 – Short sail and with the ebb changing to flood being in our favor we decided on a fast sail to Salmon Bank. Sailing close hauled to…
Read moreMultiple minkes and a humpback whale MMX0006
August 18, 2019 – We had a whale two-fer – multiple minkes and a humpback whale – which our passenger identified as MMX0006 aka “Double Drop”. One of the minke…
Read moreThree Minkes and a Humpback whale MMY0147 on our sail
August 3, 2019 – As we circumnavigated Lopez Island we saw three minke whales and a humpback, MMY0147. That’s nothing to sneeze at! We’ve been seeing the same three minkes…
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