May 31, 2019 – We drifted through the pass inside of Turn Island with a backdrop of the Olympic Mountains to the harbor seals warming in the sunshine. Beam reach…
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Guess who’s coming to dinner in Friday Harbor – The T65As
May 24, 2019 – We’d been following reports of transient/Biggs orcas, the T65A’s, heading north from Smith Island. We also were following news of two humpbacks heading south from Pt…
Read moreFabulous October sail
October 20, 2017 – Dramatic skies and gusty winds. Sailing faster that we would if we were using the engine. A gaggle of harbor seals swim together in New Channel…
Read moreOrcas T34’s, T37, T37B’s, and T46’s outside of Friday Harbor
July 24, 2017 – Right on our door step of Friday Harbor we met Biggs/Transient orcas T34’s, T37, T37B’s, and T46’s. As we were rounding Turn Island we saw some…
Read moreEvening sail with orcas T37A’s in Boundary Pass
July 20, 2017 – Cut the lines and cast off on another adventure. Up San Juan Channel and into Presidents Channel to hug the stunning coastline of Orcas Island. We…
Read moreA fun birding adventure
July 12, 2017 – For our second sail of the day we were spoiled with many birds including bald eagles young and old and a Peregrine falcon. Harbor seals nursed…
Read moreA rare find – a tufted puffin!
July 12, 2017 – Sailed south out through Cattle Pass looking for minke whales, but found a tufted puffin instead! The only one we’ve seen this year. Many harbor seals…
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