Short Sail Anchoring and going ashore at Yellow Island where the wildflowers are blooming. Beautiful.
Read moreSail with a gray whale (CRC2256)!
What an incredible sail with a gray whale! ID’d as CRC2256
Read moreSail to Turn Point Lighthouse with two humpbacks BCY0324 “Big Mama” and MMX0099.
Sailed North and met two humpbacks in Haro Strait which we ID’d as BCY0324 “Big Mama” and MMX0099. We were able to drift and slowly sailed wing on wing parallel…
Read moreHalf day in May
May 15, 2019 – Following the coastline and leaving Friday Harbor we met two bald eagles at Point Caution. Unfurling the head sail we sailed quickly to Neck Point before…
Read moreYellow Island in full spring bloom
Anchored in the lee of Yellow Island on the north side to come ashore on east side spit. Camas and Paintbrush were dancing in the breeze welcoming our guests to…
Read moreHarbor Seal Pups
Sailing around Flattop Island. Harbor Seal Pups seem to have been all born at once. With delayed implantation Harbor seals time birth for the warm days of summer and are…
Read moreFireworks in Friday Harbor and Lopez
After sunset over the Islands we sailed into Friday Harbor July 4th Fireworks display. Finishing with a night sail past Turn Island for the Lopez Island Firework display.
Read moreExploring the beaches of South Lopez Island
Love to use the Bullfrog Tender to go ashore to another land, in this case the remote pristine beaches South of Lopez Island
Read moreSoundwatch Skipper Whale Watching
Through the Summer of 2011 I worked as Captain for Friday Harbor Whale Museum’s Soundwatch Boater Education Program. Our Southern Residents Orca whales have suffered tremendously with the population cut by…
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