September 19, 2018 -We sailed to meet Southern Resident orcas who were foraging on the west side of San Juan Island. However as we passed Lopez transient orcas were spotted…
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T101s at Tumbo Island
August 17, 2018 – We headed North on news of the T101s, Transient Orcas, heading North in Rosario Strait. We crossed San Juan Channel, inside of Yellow Island to Spring…
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July 28, 2018 – Sailed North tacking off Crane island to quietly sail passed the harbor seal haul outs of Yellow and Low Islands. Rode the flood tide…
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June 26, 2018 – North on the flood and drifted passed Yellow Island where harbor seals we can see in the photos were ready to pop with pregnancy. Light wind…
Read moreSpectacular sail North
June 25, 2018 – We reefed the main sail with strong winds when we left the harbor and caught the flood north. Drifting the south shore of Flattop Island we…
Read moreTransient /Biggs Orcas, the T137s, take Pole Pass
June 23, 2018 – We sailed north with a report of T49A’s, T65A’s and T137’s north of Flattop Island. As we arrived the T49A’s and T65A’s had cleared towards Skipjack…
Read moreHumpback outside of Friday Harbor
June 18, 2018 – We sailed inside of Turn Rock to meet a humpback whale in Griffin Bay. Goose-wing downwind sailing on light air we travelled together to Shaw Island…
Read moreT65A’s take Mosquito Pass
June 17, 2018 – South and out through Cattle Pass on a beautiful day where the sea lions and seals basked in the sun on Shark Reef and Whale Rocks.…
Read moreSouth with T34’s & T37’s and a sail around Lopez
June 16, 2018 – As we headed out of the harbor there happened to be transient orcas southbound in San Juan Channel traveling towards Griffin Bay. It was the T34’s,…
Read moreCircumnavigated San Juan Island and a visit with J Pod
June 14, 2018 – Islands were joined together in this morning’s extreme low tide. We navigated inside Turn Island watched by three raccoons in a tree and caught the tail…
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