September 29, 2020 – Mount Baker clad with fresh snow was pin sharp in crystal clear skies as sailed out of Friday Harbor. North wind and main sail at first…
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Minke whale in Minke Lake
September 27, 2020 – Northbound with a North wind and tacked our way up the channel between the islands. Through Spring Pass keeping in the sunshine and drifted for a…
Read moreHalf day sail around Shaw Island
September 24, 2020 – With the morning rain clearing we cut the lines in the afternoon and headed North. High tide at 7’5” and the skirts of the cedar trees…
Read moreSailing north to New Channel and Flattop Island
September 18, 2020 – We headed North today in search of visibility. A black tailed deer grazed the tide line of the beach around from Point Caution and a family…
Read moreSail to Whale Rocks in the fog mixed with smokey haze
September 17, 2020 – Fog and the wild land fire smokey haze were at their heaviest today. The effects were mystical as we came through Turn Island Pass. An ebb…
Read moreHalf day sail to Flattop Island
September 9, 2020 – It was a beautiful day sailing in the San Juans. Tacked our way up the channel passing Low Island and weaved our way through the Wasp…
Read moreOrcas T18’s in Spieden/New Channel
September 6, 2020 – As we raised sails leaving Friday Harbor we heard a report that the Biggs orcas of the T18 family were Northbound on the West side of…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T65B’s near Lopez Ferry Landing
September 2, 2020 – As we left the harbor we had news that a family of orcas known as the T65B’s first reported near James Island had come in through…
Read moreA sea fog sail to Whale Rocks
August 27, 2020 – Raising the main leaving Friday Harbor a magical view opened of Mount Baker rising above a river of cold sea fog that flowed along the Shaw…
Read moreHalf day sail down to Salmon Bank
August 23, 2020 – Finding wind outside the harbor we raised sails for a beam reach to Turn Island and then wing on wing through Turn Island Pass. We were…
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