We cut through Mosquito Pass to meet the T77’s (first reported at Eagle Cove) hunting in Open Bay. They took the shoreline of Kellett Bluff past Roche Harbor and began…
Read moreTransient Orca family T77’s circumnavigate San Juan Island today
Sailing 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 moreFull Day Sail with Js and Ks, Southern Resident Orcas
June 6th – Full Day Sail around San Juan Island. We caught the ebb out to Whale Rocks and saw no steller sea lions. Have they all gone to Oregon?…
Read moreMoresby to East Point
June 4th – Sailed around the block. Moresby to East Point with northwesterly outflow winds giving us a good kick. Harbor Porpoise seemed to love the back eddies and upwellings.One highlight…
Read moreCircumnavigate Orcas passing Sucia, Matia, Barnes and Clarke
We sailed with the flood and ebb to circumnavigate Orcas Island. Explored new ground passing Matia, Barnes and Clark and the cliffs of Lawrence Point. Sailing the coastline of Presidents…
Read moreSailing with T46Bs Transient Orca family
May 31st, Sailed South onto glassy waters south of Lopez Island and changed course for Hein Bank with news of transient orcas. We sailed back towards Lopez with the T46Bs…
Read moreMemorial Day – a summer sail
Memorial Day – a summer sail. We kept up the American tradition with a barbecue, sailed slow in light winds and drifted with current listening to the sounds of nature.…
Read moreT Party : Twenty Transient Orcas North from San Juan Island
T Party. One of the most amazing days ever. Over 3,000 photographs today and a few hours of audio recording. Today could be a photo book today on its own,…
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…
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