July 29, 2021 – Great winds for sailing. We sailed south to Salmon Bank and found two Minke whales.
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Sailing south to Salmon Bank and finding a minke whale
July 22, 2021 – Half day sail south taking the narrow channel behind Turn Island State Park passing snoozing harbor seals and cutting inside of Griffin Bay to avoid the…
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July 16, 2021 – Sailed south to Cattle Pass by way of the Lopez coastline from Big Rock down passing Shark Reef and by Deadman Island. Bald eagles were out…
Read moreMinke whales and Biggs Orcas T37A’s
July 12, 2021 – An adventurous sail with a couple minke whales on Salmon Bank and an epic encounter with the T37A’s (minus T37A1).
Read moreLeaping minke whale and a sail around Lopez to Orcas
June 25, 2021 – As we left Friday Harbor we decided to head south and cut inside of Turn Island State Park passing many snoozing harbor seals. Mt Baker, Mt…
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June 23, 2021 – Half day sail south. Full moon close to the earth, a Supermoon today, and the tidal exchange was dramatic. Low tides as we cut through Turn…
Read moreMinke on Salmon Bank, Gray whale in Cattle Pass
June 12, 2021 – We sailed South on the ebb with a report of orcas (T18’s and others) at Hein Bank. Low tide and the pass inside Turn Island was…
Read moreEpic minke encounter on Salmon Bank
June 7, 2021 – South through Turn Island Pass on the low tide where we saw a raccoon on the tide line. We tacked down to Danger Rock where the…
Read moreMinke Whales and Tufted Puffins at Smith Island
May 31, 2021 – Today we had our first minke encounter of the year – well, we actually found two minkes. One was on Salmon Bank and a familiar friend…
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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…
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