August 7, 2020 – Although we had moderate southerly wind leaving Friday Harbor we were hearing winds South of San Juan Island were just 4 knots and so we decided…
Read moreGreat minke encounter on Salmon Bank
Orcas T18’s near Clark Island
August 4, 2020 – Our day started out with plans to head south on the ebb to look for minke whales. However, as we were approaching Shark Reef a report…
Read moreA sail with orcas T65A’s and T137’s
July 28, 2020 – When we left Friday Harbor we had a report of two families of orcas known as the T65A’s and the T137’s traveling inter-island so we plotted…
Read moreMinke whale in Griffin Bay
July 27, 2020 – The flood current ran a little longer today but we decided to sail South and came through Turn Island Pass. We took our time as we passed…
Read moreSouthern Residents take Cattle Pass at 10 knots
July 25, 2020 – After drifting through Turn Island Pass we raised sails for a close hauled sail South to tack our way to Cattle Pass. Deadman Island harbor seals…
Read moreSailing with minke whales and a humpback
July 20, 2020 – As we exited the harbor we made our way down San Juan Channel with the ebb tide in our favor. Hugging the Lopez Island coastline from…
Read moreFull day sail around Lopez seeing two orca pods (T37A’s and T65A’s)
July 18, 2020 – Exiting the harbor we raised the sails and went wing on wing taking the pass behind Turn Island. A harbor seal was fast asleep on a…
Read moreSailing with Biggs orcas T36’s in Rosario
July 11, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor with sails sheeted in tight and a plan to sail South as J pod of the Southern Resident Orcas were on the West…
Read moreEpic sail with J pod and also 3 minke whales
July 9, 2020 – We decided to sail south today with reports of the Southern Resident orcas from J pod still doing the westside shuffle since July 4th. At first…
Read moreOrcas T36’s and T37A’s in Rosario
July 8, 2020 – After hearing reports of a large group of Biggs/Transient orcas in East Sound, Orcas Island, we decided to plot a course in that direction. Sailing across…
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