June 19, 2024 – With morning reports of orca southbound from Barnes and Clark we sailed inter-island hoping to meet them in Rosario Strait. However, we instead met a gray…
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Biggs/Transient Orcas T65B’s having a party
June 18, 2024 – With a report of Biggs/Transient orcas at Blakely Shoal we plotted a course to meet them. The orcas were the T65B’s (mother of three boys) and…
Read moreSunset Sail to Fisherman’s Harbor
June 17, 2024 – A nice sail around Turn Island State Park spotting harbor seals hauled out and a bald eagle on Turn Rock Channel Marker. Another bald eagle stood…
Read moreA Fantastic Sail with Biggs/Transient Orcas T65A’s
June 16, 2024 – Our decision was to head north today after leaving Friday Harbor based on a few orca sightings from earlier that morning. As we reached north of…
Read moreStunning Sunset Sail
June 15, 2024 – Evening short sail with wind, dark cloudy skies and the most dramatic sunset
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T46B1’s Inter-Island
June 14, 2024 – We scooted our sail earlier on account of Biggs/Transient orcas coming north up San Juan Channel. The family is known as the T46B1’s, three orcas total.…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orca T124C outside Friday Harbor
June 5, 2024 – With news of Biggs/Transient orcas found by MacArthur Bank and good winds we had a fast sail out of Friday Harbor to the south. Passing Turn…
Read moreSunset sail north to New Channel and Flattop Island
May 29, 2024 – After casting off from Friday Harbor we had a light sprinkle in the harbor with sunshine in the channel so we headed for the sunshine. Biggs…
Read moreVisit to Yellow Island Nature Preserve
May 22, 2024 – We had plans today to visit Yellow Island Nature Preserve, but when a report came in from the ferry of a humpback whale headed down Upright…
Read moreWildlife spotting up to New Channel and Flattop Island
May 13, 2024 – We headed north from Pt Caution to the Wasp Islands, Spring Pass, Jones Island, up to Flattop National Wildlife Refuge. Lots of harbor seals today, and…
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