April 1, 2024 – We called our passengers to scoot our sail earlier after hearing about a report of orca coming down Upright Channel. Shortly after casting off with sails…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T137’s hunting outside Friday Harbor
Sailing out of dry dock and we found some orca
March 26, 2024 – Launch day after being in dry dock for 4 weeks! After checking the alignment we raised sails and checked everything else. So great to be back…
Read moreSouthern Resident Orcas with Mt Rainier backdrop
October 18, 2023 – Beam reach sail as we left Friday Harbor with an ebb current running and a light northerly wind. Jibing to run downwind wing on wing we…
Read moreHumpback Whale BCZ0492 “Meqe'” in San Juan Channel
October 14, 2023 – After ferry cancellations we ended up picking up our passengers at the Orcas Island Ferry Landing. We began our trip hugging the Shaw Island coastline and…
Read moreHumpback Whale BCY0771 “Bump” in Boundary Pass
October 12, 2023 – Sailed north tacking our way through the Wasp Islands and up through Spring Pass. While on our way to Flattop Island a humpback whale was found…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T35A’s and T38A’s plus a Sea Otter at Bird Rocks
October 11, 2023 – We had a nice sail out of Friday Harbor and then picked up a report of orcas near the Lopez Ferry Landing, so we picked up…
Read moreHumpback Whale BCX0519 “Stitch” crossing Salmon Bank
September 29, 2023 – As we left Friday Harbor we heard the humpback whale whom we’d sailed alongside in the morning, BCX0519 “Stitch”, was on a treadmill of the incoming flood…
Read moreHumpback Whale BCX0519 “Stitch” Southbound from Friday Harbor
September 29, 2023 – Sunshine with a nice breeze allowed us to set sail immediately with a fast close hauled sail over to Shaw Island. We tacked back towards San…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T28A’s and T60’s socializing, tail lobbing, breaching
September 22, 2023 – Early this morning there was a group of orca reported hunting north of Flattop Island including the T36A’s and T60’s (minus T60D and T60E) who were…
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T69’s and T69A’s plus Humpback whale HW-MN0510589
September 21, 2023 – With a large group of orcas reported eastbound from Middle Bank (T109’s and T109A’s) we decided to go south after leaving Friday Harbor. We cut through…
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