June 29, 2020 – “I saw something go down! Looked like an orca fin!”. It started out like a normal day leaving Friday Harbor to pass the University Marine Labs…
Read moreTrifecta! Orcas T46’s outside Friday Harbor, a Humpback BCY0409, and a minke
A sail with the T65A’s, T34’s, T37 and the T37B’s by Stuart
June 21, 2020 – A perfect summer solstice birthday sail. Brisk winds carried us North with a boost from the flood current. Wing on wing sailing passed Yellow Island to Green…
Read moreOrcas T123’s & T46B1’s in Rosario with rain and rainbows
June 15, 2020 – We had been listening to reports of orcas traveling around the topside of Orcas Island down Rosario Strait. We couldn’t resist a chance to get a…
Read moreAn inter-island sail with the T65A’s
June 10, 2020 – Today we had a great day sailing around the San Juans with one of our favorite families of Biggs/Transient orcas, the T65A’s (minus T65A5). Earlier in…
Read moreThree humpbacks visit Friday Harbor on Mother’s Day
May 10, 2020 – A Happy Mother’s Day! The three humpbacks that visited Friday Harbor today all had calves last year. We heard an earlier report of humpbacks coming down…
Read moreHumpbacks BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’ pass Friday Harbor
April 7, 2020 – Essential ID’s… The first humpback whales of 2020 to pass Friday Harbor: BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’. Interestingly they headed into the fastest part…
Read moreSouthern Resident J Pod Orcas visit Friday Harbor
March 21, 2020 – As we were doing some maintenance on ‘Peniel’ at the dock we heard that our Southern Resident orcas from J pod were coming down San Juan…
Read moreSailing with Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s and T71’s near Patos
March 19, 2020 – There was more wind than we expected as we cleared Friday Harbor. Close hauled crossing the channel we picked up a report of orcas near Blunden…
Read moreA perfect full day sail including two minkes and Dalls porpoise
October 10, 2019 – Ten plus Bald Eagles, four River Otters – one eating a flounder, two Minke whales, a juvenile Northern Harrier, a fallow buck groaning and quite a number…
Read moreSail with orcas T35A’s and T38A’s plus humpback MMX0007 by Green Pt
September 28, 2019 – Winds were moderate to Strong North Easterlies favorable for sailing. With some blue skies to aim for we headed North on a close hauled sail from…
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