July 10, 2021 – We left Friday Harbor from the south entrance. Coming around Turn Island and drifting towards the northern point we noticed orca fins approaching from the south.…
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Orcas T77C and T77D and a sail to New Channel
July 1, 2021 – Exciting day as we were getting ready for our sail. Two Biggs/Transient orcas, T77C and T77D, had come east in Spieden Channel roughly 7am and down…
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June 30, 2021 – With whales near Burrows Island we sailed inter-island with the chance to meet them in Rosario Strait. After cutting through Canoe Island to Picnic Pt and…
Read moreT36’s, T77C and T77D, T125A and T128 at Hein Bank
June 24, 2021 – Great winds for sailing south after leaving Friday Harbor. Tacked back and forth down the channel and rounded Cape San Juan passing Goose Island and Cattle…
Read moreBald eagle chick, Peregrine falcon, and minke whale, oh my
June 20, 2021 – We left Friday Harbor with a plan to circumnavigate San Juan Island. Moderately strong winds were forecast from the north with an ebb through much of…
Read moreSailing with a schwack of Transient orcas
June 17, 2021 – We headed south on the ebb with a great sail to Big Rock glacial erratic when we picked up news of a large group of orcas…
Read moreSailing with Biggs orcas T46B’s up the west side of San Juan
June 16, 2021 – When we left Friday Harbor we had been listening to radio chatter about a pod of orcas who were southbound in San Juan Channel. They stopped…
Read moreSailing south with seals, sea lions and a minke whale
June 15, 2021 – When we left Friday Harbor we sailed south taking the outside of Turn Island and riding the ebb current down to Big Rock. A couple tacks…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T46B’s take us to Boiling Reef
June 8, 2021 – As we were about to cast off from the dock we got a report of orcas near Pt Disney, Waldron Island. Our passengers were excited at…
Read moreLegendary Humpback Whale BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’
June 3, 2021 – We left Friday Harbor with some good winds and a flood tide to head North. I’d heard that the iconic humpback whale ’Big Mama’ BCY0324 who was seen…
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