May 4, 2023 – After casting off we had a drift sail along the San Juan coastline to Pt Caution. We continued to the Wasp Islands while following reports of a humpback whale eastbound in Spieden Channel, and a family of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T65A’s southbound from Flattop Island. With a beam reach passed Jones Island we met the T65A’s and sailed alongside back to the Wasp Islands. The humpback was a 2 year old who took Presidents Channel to the northeast. We left the T65A’s passing Yellow Island and broke away to sail through the maze of islets.
Bald eagle outside Friday Harbor
Sailing with orcas
Biggs/Transient orca mother T65A
Biggs/Transient orca T65A3
Biggs/Transient orca T65A2 and T65A4
Biggs/Transient orca T65A2 and T65A6
Biggs/Transient orcas T65A’s southbound from Jones Island
Biggs/Transient orca mother/matriarch T65A
Biggs/Transient orca T65A3 and T65A6
Biggs/Transient orca T65A2
Biggs/Transient orca T65A2 passing Yellow Island
Biggs/Transient orcas passing seals on Yellow Island
Layers of islands
Little McConnell Island with Orcas Island behind
Buttercups on Yellow Island
Harlequin duck
Bald eagle
McConnell Islands
Coon Island
Drift sail along the coastline
Sailing towards Nob Island
Drift sail along the coastline
Madrone tree along San Juan Island
Douglas Firs at Pt Caution
Our passengers today enjoying the sailing in the sunshine
Route map 5/4/23