April 19, 2023 – After hearing an early morning report of a couple of orca outside of Friday Harbor we guzzled our coffee and out the door we went. While…
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Biggs/Transient Orcas T60’s and T2B and a circumnav around Lopez
September 18, 2022 – After picking up our passengers we headed south towards Cattle Pass with news of a family of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T60’s plus T2B were…
Read moreSailing south with distant views of J pod
May 31, 2022 – Half day sail south. Our sail included a wide variety of wildlife including black oystercatchers, raccoons, bald eagles, vultures, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, cormorants, loons and…
Read moreBiggs orcas T34’s, T37’s, T75B’s & T49A1 plus Humpback BCY0324 with new calf
May 6, 2022 – Another epic adventure on the books. This one included a sail with Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T34’s, T37’s, T75B’s and T49A1 followed by a humpback…
Read moreOrcas T49A1 and T49A2 near Patos, Peregrine falcons and bald eaglet
June 22, 2021 – We had a fantastic sail all the way up to Sandy Point on Waldron Island and caught up with two orca brothers, T49A1 (born 2001) and…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T123’s check out Friday Harbor
May 21, 2021 – The T123’s Biggs orcas, who we’d seen on our morning sail, were now reported as Southbound at Jones Island. We sailed North and met them as…
Read moreOrcaT-Party by Patos Island
July 6, 2020 – As we left Friday Harbor we received news of Biggs orcas milling at Point Doughty, the northern shore of Orcas Island. An unusual sighting of a…
Read moreGrand slam! Minke, humpback and two eco-types of orcas!
July 5, 2020 – Our first grand slam! We sailed south and hugged the San Juan Island shoreline down to Cattle Pass. A minke whale was lunge feeding on Salmon…
Read moreYellow Island and the T60s family of Transient Orcas plus T2B and T59
September 6, 2019- A special sail to Yellow Island Nature Preserve with folks with a long connection to the island. As a bonus we crossed from Yellow Island to see…
Read moreSailing into Canada to meet the T34s, T37 and 37Bs
August 22, 2019 – Excitement started early on before we’d exited the harbor we spotted a harbor seal with a very large fish. Further up the channel we found a…
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