All Aboard Sailing

A sail with Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s in Rosario Strait

July 18, 2021 – After leaving the harbor we crossed the channel to check out the eagle’s nest on Shaw Island. We crossed Upright Channel to Upright Head to see another eagle’s nest before exiting Peavine Pass into Rosario Strait. There were two groups of orcas southbound. The T137’s with T36A2 and T36A3 were near Cypress Island and the T65A’s were coming south from Lawrence Pt. We met the T65A’s just north of Obstruction Pass and sailed south with them along the beautiful Blakely coastline. The orcas keep going south but we came in through Thatcher Pass and decided to return to Friday Harbor by taking Harney Channel and cutting through the Wasp Islands. A fantastic day on the water.

View of Mt Baker from Friday Harbor’s south entrance

Bald eagle nest on Shaw Island

Bald eagle

View from Upright Head looking towards Rosario

Bald eagle nest on Lopez Island

An insanely expensive catamaran

Fall foliage in July?

Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s with onlookers

Excited passengers

T65A2 swimming quickly to catch up to the family

Matriarch T65A

Excited passengers pointing at the orcas

Brothers T65A2 and T65A3

Skye enjoying the sail watching the orcas

Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s

Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s traveling down the Blakely coastline

T65A2 exhale

Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s traveling down the Blakely coastline

Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s traveling down the Blakely coastline

T65A2, born 2004

T65A, born 1986

Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s with stunning backlit exhales

Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s traveling down the Blakely coastline

Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s traveling down the Blakely coastline

T65A2

T65A2

Biggs orcas T65A’s

Westside of Blakely Island

Enjoying a relaxing sail on a private charter

Mt Baker

Bald eagle

Shaw Island

Sailing in the San Juans

Looking west towards Salt Spring Island

Nob Island and Turtleback Mountain

Ferry with Mt Baker

Route Map 7-18-21