June 5, 2023 – Morning short sail around Turn Island
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Wildlife to the North
March 17, 2021 – Spectacular start spotting a group of Steller sea lions, bald eagles and mergansers right outside of Friday Harbor. Harbor seals were enjoying the sunshine on the…
Read moreGreat day sailing to Flattop Island
May 31, 2019 – We drifted through the pass inside of Turn Island with a backdrop of the Olympic Mountains to the harbor seals warming in the sunshine. Beam reach…
Read moreFrequent visitors to San Juan Island, Transient Orca family T49As
September 19, 2018 -We sailed to meet Southern Resident orcas who were foraging on the west side of San Juan Island. However as we passed Lopez transient orcas were spotted…
Read morePhenomenal sail – J, K and L pod Southern Resident Orcas
September 18, 2018 – Sailed north tacking through Yellow Island and Spring Pass. Moving quickly along the shoreline of Waldron Island as we’d heard Southern Resident Orcas headed south in…
Read moreSailing with 20 Transient Orcas Patos Island
September 6, 2018 – North on a flood tide with news of a humpback whale coming down Presidents Chanel. Right outside the harbor we saw a bald eagle; with a…
Read moreSouthern Resident Orcas of the L12s take Spieden Channel
September 5, 2018 – Headed North with report of Residents foraging in Presidents. We cut inside of Yellow Island and through Spring Pass to meet the West bound L12s, 10 members…
Read moreBiggs Orcas the T37As, Lopez Ferry landing
September 3, 2018 – Good sail out of the gate with a fast beam reach across San Juan Channel. Wing on wing close to the shore of Shaw Island enjoying…
Read moreBiggs Orca families the T34s, T37 and T37Bs
September 1, 2018 – Half day sail extanded. We set sail from Friday Harbor with news of Transient Orca families the T34s, T37 and T37Bs heading South from Spieden Channel…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T36As and T99s at Halibut island
August 31, 2018 – Raised the sails in the harbor and quickly sailed on a beam reach across to Shaw Island. We then tacked and downwind wing on wing was…
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