August 13, 2021 – We had plans to head north today and use the ebb to sail from New Channel to Mandarte Island. However, with news of 15 Biggs/transient orcas…
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Biggs/Transient orcas T46’s and T137’s near Friday Harbor
August 12, 2021 – A fun evening sail meeting orcas just north of Friday Harbor including the T46’s and T137’s followed by a sail up and around Flattop National Wildlife…
Read moreLarge group of Biggs/Transient orcas by Middle Bank
August 12, 2021 – Today we had an exciting encounter with various groups of Transient/Biggs orcas: T34’s, T37 with T37B’s, and T65A’s (minus T65A5) followed by the T101’s and T77C and…
Read moreBest Minke whale mugging EVER
August 11, 2021 – What a sail we had today! We were mugged by a minke whale who circled us roughly 10 times! We returned via the South Lopez coastline,…
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August 10, 2021 – After passing a family of raccoons on Turn Island and a bunch of sleepy harbor seals on the rocks nearby we had a great sail down…
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T37A’s and a phenomenal sunset
August 9, 2021 – Afternoon/evening sail. We saw Biggs/Transient orcas T37A’s (minus T37A1) and returned with views of some of our favorite National Wildlife Refuges: Bare Island, Skipjack Island, White…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T99’s followed by T37A’s by Orcas Island
August 9, 2021 – Orca double hitter on our half day sail. Biggs/Transient orcas T99’s in West Sound, Orcas Island followed by the T37A’s (minus T37A1) outside of Deer Harbor,…
Read moreT37A’s in East Sound, Orcas Island
August 8, 2021 – Earlier we had an incredible sail with Biggs/Transient orcas T37A’s (minus T37A1). On our evening short sunset sail we got lucky to see them again in East…
Read moreCircumnavigating Lopez and seeing Orcas T37A’s
August 8, 2021 – A spectacular sailing adventure circumnavigating Lopez Island with a bonus of seeing Biggs/Transient orcas T37A’s (minus T37A1) – and a distant humpback whale for a couple of…
Read moreSailing with T77C, T77D and T49A2 from Spring Pass up Presidents Channel
August 7, 2021 – We began our sail northbound to some of our favorite places, Flattop Island and New Channel when we received a report of three orcas found near…
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