Sunset sail. Just missed the whales who made fast time on a flood tide. Nevertheless barbecued salmon supper as the Pelagic cormorants settled in for the night on Lovers Leap…
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Supermoon – Full Lunar Eclipse follows Sunset Sail
So grateful for our passengers suggestion for this spectacular sail. The moon was invisible at first rising over Orcas island but as the twilight darkened the blood red glow of…
Read moreT49A Transient Orcas pass Friday Harbor Whale Museum
Gorgeous light of late September day with Transient Orca whale family T49As in San Juan Channel. Once again they pass the Port of Friday Harbor beneath a mural of an…
Read moreWhales – L pod, with L91 Muncher and her new calf L122 on the West Side San Juan Island
We sailed around San Juan Island and met L pods newest member, the two week old L122, traveling close beside his mother L91. L122 was first seen 9/7/15. Late afternoon…
Read moreHumpbacks at McArthur Bank
Sailed South passed Whale Rocks and South of Lopez to McArthur Bank. Two Humpbacks surfaced together with the Olympic mountains beyond. Bald Eagle, Long Island, Lopez
Read moreSail around San Juan Island with K pod
Sailed around San juan Island and met K pod in Speiden Channel. Whales were excited and playing with salmon, seabirds clustered around bait balls, Stellar Sea Lions and harbor seals…
Read moreSerene Sunset Sails with Humpback Whales of Speiden Channel
Sailed North to Flattop and Speiden Islands. Humpback whales through the sunset hours.
Read moreSailing North from Rocky Bay
September sails – change in the air. We sailed with two groups of people who joined us in Rocky Bay. North of Speiden with Humpback whales and a variety of…
Read moreHumpbacks with T18s, Transient Orcas, hunting Harbor Seals
Sailed North meeting with a Humpback whale at Green Point. In turn we were met by fast moving Transients Orcas, the T18s, who pressed on to Gull Rock and White…
Read moreSailing San Juan Islands by moonlight
Sunset Moonrise: Sailing San Juan islands by Moonlight
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