May 11, 2026 – Raising sails as we left Friday Harbor for a beam reach down island on the ebb. Wing on wing through Turn Island Pass watched by the…
Read moreDouble dose of Orcas! Hunting on Salmon Bank and southbound by Friday Harbor
Encountering 3 separate groups of Orcas plus a visit to Yellow Island
May 10, 2026 – We headed north after hearing a report of orcas eastbound in Spieden Channel. The two groups split with one group heading to Flattop Island (T86A1’s, T86A3…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s northbound by Friday Harbor
May 3, 2026 – We sailed out of Friday Harbor with news of the Biggs/Transient orcas T49A’s traveling East from Cattle Point. Unsure whether to head South in San Juan…
Read moreGray Whale by Lopez Pass and T49A2 with T51 by Burrows Island
May 2, 2026 – After picking up our folks from Orcas Island we had a difficult choice as to whether our best bet was to take San Juan Chanel South…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T49A2 with T51 in East Sound
April 23, 2026 – Before casting off from Friday Harbor we had been monitoring reports of two male orcas in East Sound, Orcas Island. They were orcas we’d seen the…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T60D and T60E join T36’s near Friday Harbor
Sept 28, 2025 – We headed north in San Juan Channel but on approaching Neck Pt we had a report of orcas coming north through Cattle Pass. Spinning around and…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T109A’s go inside the breakwater at Friday Harbor
August 16, 2025 – Coming out of Friday Harbor we met Biggs/Transient orcas, the T109A’s, at Reid Rock. They came into the south entrance to the harbor and we sailed…
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T65 and T63 “Chainsaw”
September 29, 2024 – With an early morning report of orcas in Boundary Pass north of Skipjack Island we went north. Weaved our way through the Wasp Islands and continued…
Read moreSunset sail with Biggs/Transient Orcas T34’s and T37’s at White Rock and Flattop Island
July 27, 2024 – With a report of Biggs/Transient orcas T34’s and T37’s coming down President Channel we headed North quickly. We noticed there is quite a number a harbor…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T34’s and T37’s inter-island
July 24, 2024 – After leaving Friday Harbor we had a fast sail on the ebb current and a good push up Upright Channel. We kept our speed up with…
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