Today we picked up our passengers from Deer Harbor, Orcas Island, and set sail through the inter-islands. We found several bald eagles scattered about with their white heads reminding us of golf balls in the trees. With the sails sheeted in tightly we had a really nice sail down Harney Channel and towards Obstruction Island.Popping out of Peavine Pass in Rosario Strait revealed glassy seas and a large group of harbor porpoise swimming back and forth feeding. Little exhalation puffs could be heard all around us.Our passengers took the helm as we set a course to Nob Island. The sun was going down and the skies changed to hot pink to the west and the full moon rise was happening to the east.
Read moreHumpback and orcas
July 7, 2017 – Sunset/Moonrise sail. A humpback whale known as Divot visits Friday Harbor. T49As took us to Mandarte Island cormorant rookery. But the most exciting thing of the…
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Aug 18th – A sunset/moonrise sail with J16’s at Hein Bank. J26 made friends with a murre and then an explosion of the ocean as he caught a fish. Steller…
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Aug 17th – We sailed a loop of our favorite islands. The photos say it all.
Read moreMal nourished Humpback Whale
August 16th – Evening sunset moonrise starlit sail. Sad to meet a small humpback whale, looked mal nourished making shallow dives before heading into shallow water of Rocky Bay. Concerned…
Read moreSailing Sunset to twilight with the full moon rise
Sunset/Full Moonrise is one of our favorite sails each month. We floated on our planet as she turned away from the sun and towards the moon. The curve of the…
Read moreSummer solstice sunset moonrise sail
Evening sail through summer solstice. Sunset full moon rise catching the flood and ebb around Spieden Island with sika and fallow deer running under the moon. Barbecued salmon supper at…
Read moreT49As Transient Orcas and Steller Sea Lions meet at Spieden Island
“Phenomenal”, as my mother-in-law would say. Leaving the splendor of Yellow Island, we doubled back on a ferry report of orcas at Orcas Island. We found the T49A’s that…
Read moreSunset Moonrise sail to Lovers Leap, Stuart Island
Sunset sail. Just missed the whales who made fast time on a flood tide. Nevertheless barbecued salmon supper as the Pelagic cormorants settled in for the night on Lovers Leap…
Read moreSupermoon – Full Lunar Eclipse follows Sunset Sail
So grateful for our passengers suggestion for this spectacular sail. The moon was invisible at first rising over Orcas island but as the twilight darkened the blood red glow of…
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