June 20, 2024 – After leaving Friday Harbor we chose to go south. We took the narrow channel around Turn Island passing foraging racoons, a pair of bald eagles, and…
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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 moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T65B’s Spieden to Wasp Pass
June 18, 2024 – We had a fun sail today with a family of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T65B’s. After casting off we moved quickly up San Juan Channel…
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 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 Orcas T36’s with T36A1’s plus T65A’s at Sunset
June 13, 2024 – Upon casting off we headed north on account of Biggs/Transient orcas, T36’s with T36A1 and T36A1A, coming through Spieden Channel. We met them after they came…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T101’s visit Friday Harbor
June 8, 2024 – A sunset sail with Biggs/Transient orcas T101’s. We met the orcas after they flipped north in Cattle Pass as they came around Griffin Bay and inside…
Read moreHumpbacks, Minkes and Orcas Oh My!
June 8, 2024 – After casting off we went south on the ebb current having a great sail as we tacked our way down the channel. Passed by Whale Rocks…
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 moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s with T19 & T19B Boundary Pass
May 31, 2024 – After casting off we made a decision to head North. A pod of Biggs/Transient orca were northbound at the top of Haro Strait including the T49A’s…
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