October 4, 2019 – The colors were popping in the forest as we hugged the San Juan coastline traveling up to Pt Caution. Many pairs of ancient murrelets were hanging…
Read moreA minke encounter by Pt Disney plus a sea lion vs an octopus
A half day sail in October with dramatic skies
October 3, 2019 – What a special day shared with friends, new and old. Unbelievable skies, good winds for sailing with occasional heart pumping gusts close to Orcas Island shoreline…
Read moreA half day sail to Salmon Bank and back
October 2, 2019 – Today we saw so many harbor seals, steller sea lions, harbor porpoise, white-winged scoters, common murres, cormorants, western grebes, and a couple of bald eagles. We…
Read moreA fantastic sail with orcas T100’s and a lunge feeding humpback MMX0006
September 25, 2019 – We had such an incredible adventure. It began with an Orcas Island pick up. On the way there we happened upon a group of Biggs/transient orcas…
Read moreOur first sail with members from L pod this year
September 21, 2019 – It was a gorgeous September day and we were ready for an adventure. Set the sails and headed south out of Cattle Pass. Goose Island was…
Read moreA half day sail around Stuart Island
September 20, 2019 – We raised sails in Friday Harbor while collecting reports on Humpbacks in our area. We’d been taking notes on a humpback whale traveling from Sucia to…
Read moreA sail with humpback whale MMY0079 “Scratchy” in Rosario
September 18, 2019 – North, South, East or West ? With a nice breeze we rolled out the headsail for a fun sail across San Juan Channel and after weighing…
Read moreA sail to Danger Shoal to find Humpback whale MMX0007 “Bond”
September 15, 2019 – After rounding Point Caution we raised the headsail for a light wind sail across San Juan Channel. Tacking around Low Island and passing Yellow Island where…
Read moreSailing with 3 minkes and humpback whale MMX0006
September 13, 2019 – It was fun finding 3 minke whales on Salmon Bank and sailing with a humpback whale (ID# MMX0006 aka “Double Drop”). The rain held out and…
Read moreHalf day sail on a rainy day
September 12, 2019 – Shortly after leaving the harbor we found a pretty cool group of river otters climbing out of the water and running up the hillside. Following that…
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