July 3, 2017 – Evening sail north through Spring Pass hugging the coastline of Orcas Island admiring the forrest looking for eagles. We crossed Presidents Channel to sail with transient…
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Transients feeding in Griffin Bay
July 3, 2017 – Morning sail we headed south with news of many transient orcas down south. They entered San Juan Channel via Cattle Pass and changed their northerly course…
Read moreSailing around Lopez Island with the T65As & T75Bs
July 2, 2017 – Today was an adventurous sail around Lopez Island. Beam reach from Upright Head to the west side of Blakely Island and glad we reefed the main…
Read moreCircumnavigating Stuart Island and a visit with T49As
July 1, 2017 – We caught up with transient orcas known as the T49As in Spieden Channel as they were eating their meal. Sailed downwind with the whales along the…
Read moreSouthern Resident Js and Ks at Salmon Bank
June 29, 2017 – Cast off at noon to pick up our passengers near Fishermans Harbor on Lopez Island when we hear of a humpback whale right outside of Friday…
Read moreMinke whale milling near Iceberg Point, Lopez Island
June 24, 2017 – A short sail on a beautiful sunny afternoon. The harbor seals were just lapping up the sun. One lone sea lion on Whale Rocks. Spent some…
Read moreA visit to Sydney to see the T65As
June 22, 2017 – The T65A’s are our “resident” transients who we have been seeing a lot of lately. Sailing passed Mandarte Island cormorant rookery we met them south of…
Read moreT65A’s and T73A’s in the fog
June 18, 2017 – Misty rain – who wants to sail in the fog? And as soon as we cut the lines the scenery unfolds gaving the magic and beauty…
Read moreSailing in the dark with the T2Cs
6/7/17 – An evening out with the T2C’s including new calf T2C4 (possibly born end of 2016). They were down about 9+ minutes in between surface time to breathe. We…
Read moreHumpbacks near Pender Islands
June 4, 2017 – A fun day sailing into the wild blue yonder where we met two large humpback whales – Heather and Divot (BCY0160 and BCX1057). Flattop Island guillemots…
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