May 11, 2018 – Caught the northerly flood and sailed San Juan Channel to circumnavigate Yellow Island. Passing Jones Island we picked up a report of transient orcas known as…
Read moreHumpback in Boundary and the T123’s Orcas at Point Disney
L12s in the fog
September 12th 2017 South in San Juan Channel to the fog bank on Salmon Bank to find Southern Resident Killer Whales from L pod – the L12 subgroup (10 whales…
Read moreAround Lopez Island with the T18/19 Transient Orcas
Sailed down Rosario Straitand around Lopez Island with the T18/19 Transient Orcas (Mr Floppy Fin is the big male). We came through the pass of Castle Rock and the South…
Read moreTriple hitter: minke whales, humpback whales, and L pod Southern Resident orcas
Aug 3, 2016 – Triple hitter: minke whales, humpback whales, and L pod Southern Resident orcas. Hein Bank and beyond then heading north when reports indicated inbound from Trial Island.…
Read moreSail around Lopez meeting with J pod at sunset
Picked up folks from The Edenwild for a sail around Lopez. After riding the rapids passed Dead Mans Island and Whole Rocks and sailing through the maze of Islands South of Lopez…
Read moreL pod whales and Humpback Monarch Head to East Point
September sunny days sailing with L pod along the shoreline of Saturna Island. And a Humpback whale in New Channel North of Speiden Island
Read moreBirthday sail Friday Harbor to Monarch Head with Big Mamma Humpback Whale
50th Birthday sail for both passenger and myself. We were treated to meeting Big Mamma (BCY 0324). Big Mamma was the first humpback whale to return to the Salish Sea…
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