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Abundance of wildlife including a small humpback whale in Haro Strait

Abundance of wildlife including a small humpback whale in Haro Strait

April 24, 2024 – Today we circumnavigated Spieden and Stuart Islands and saw some amazing wildlife. Unfortunately, orcas (T65 and T63) vanished before we got on scene south of Turn…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T19, T19B and T49A’s followed by T36A’s

Biggs/Transient Orcas T19, T19B and T49A’s followed by T36A’s

April 23, 2024 – With a report of Orcas Northbound in Haro Strait we sailed North from Friday Harbor and stayed close to shore in Spieden Channel catching the back eddies…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s, T19 and T19B hunting near Patos Island

Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s, T19 and T19B hunting near Patos Island

April 21, 2024 – We motor sailed quickly North with a report of Biggs/Transient Orcas heading Southeast across Boundary Pass towards Skipjack Island. Hugging the forested Orcas Island coastline of…

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Gray whale southbound from Turn Island to Cattle Pass

Gray whale southbound from Turn Island to Cattle Pass

April 17, 2024 – We sailed South through Turn Island Pass, down through Cattle Pass to Cattle Point Lighthouse and out to Whale Rocks. From there we went around Long…

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A sail with Biggs orcas T65 and T63 “Chainsaw”

A sail with Biggs orcas T65 and T63 “Chainsaw”

April 3, 2024 – Today we saw lots of wildlife on our sail including frolicking deer outside Friday Harbor, many bald eagles including about 20+ eagles feeding on a seal…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T137’s hunting outside Friday Harbor

Biggs/Transient Orcas T137’s hunting outside Friday Harbor

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…

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Sailing out of dry dock and we found some orca

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…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T34’s, T36’s and T37’s hunting by Parks Bay, Shaw Island

Biggs/Transient Orcas T34’s, T36’s and T37’s hunting by Parks Bay, Shaw Island

October 29, 2023 – Shortly after casting off we spotted a bald eagle, some harbor porpoise and had distant views of Dalls porpoises across the channel. A friend on a…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T123’s and T46C2 pass Friday Harbor

Biggs/Transient Orcas T123’s and T46C2 pass Friday Harbor

October 28, 2023 – Shortly after casting off from Friday Harbor we heard about an orca sighting near the Lopez Ferry Landing so we headed that direction. Snow covered Mt…

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Southern Resident Orcas with Mt Rainier backdrop

Southern 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…

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