Salmon are jumping as we sail around San Juan island. We photographed J39, Mako, with a salmon lure hooked inside his mouth after he caught our attention with a tail…
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Sunset Full Moon rise – with Air Force One!
Not many folks know President Obama visited San Juan islands July 31st 2015. He was couple of thousand feet high, escorted by a fighter jet. They turned at the Canadian…
Read moreSummers Day Sailing San Juan Island with Js and Ks pod whales
Summers Day sail around San Juan Island with J16s and K13s of the southern resident orcas on the west side.
Read moreResident and transient Orca whales
Residents and Transients arrive for San Juan island Superpod event – a gathering of folks working on issues of protection for whales.
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Bird watching Sailing Iceberg Point Lopez Island
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Sailing around Flattop Island. Harbor Seal Pups seem to have been all born at once. With delayed implantation Harbor seals time birth for the warm days of summer and are…
Read moreSailing San Juan Islands by moonlight
Sunset Moonrise: Sailing San Juan islands by Moonlight
Read moreSunset Dinner cruise around Flattop Island
Sunset dinner cruise wing on wing and a fast broad reach sail
Read moreSail to South Lopez with a hunt for Beach glass
Sailed to South Lopez. Anchored McArdle Bay and went a shore to a pristine beach of colored pebbles and historic beach glass. Ecstatic to see one of our rare Tufted Puffins.…
Read moreAround Lopez with Transient Orcas
The Plan was to Circumnavigate Lopez. What we didn’t know was that Transient Orcas had the same plan. We met them charging in through Cattle Pass with 6 knots of…
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