August 14, 2020 – With some decent winds we raised sails. Wing on wing through Turn Island Pass and tacking to sail passed the harbor seals on the reefs and…
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A sail to Turn Pt with a distant view of Orcas
August 12, 2020 – Leaving Friday Harbor we raised sails and sheeted in tight for a close hauled sail South. As we came to Turn Island we picked up a…
Read moreTufted puffins and a minke whale at Smith Island
August 9, 2020 – Light winds as we left Friday Harbor and were able to sail wing on wing through Turn Island Pass. Travelled quickly down to Cattle Pass where…
Read moreExciting winds for today’s sail
August 6, 2020 – Strong winds from the West today and we raised the main after leaving the harbor and went straight to second reef. A fast beam reach took us…
Read moreSunset sail in the San Juan Islands
August 4, 2020 – Sunset short sail… As we exited Friday Harbor we sailed up the shoreline to Pt Caution spotting a bald eagle engaged in eating a gull for…
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July 31, 2020 – It was a beautiful evening sail. Shortly after leaving the harbor we spotted a bald eagle. Low Island had lots of harbor seals, cormorants and a…
Read moreA sail to Skipjack, Patos and Sucia
July 30, 2020 – Tacked our way North up San Juan Channel sailing by Shirt Tail Reef and Yellow Island. Rounding Jones and coming in to check out Flattop Island…
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July 29, 2020 – We picked up our passengers from Orcas Island today and planned a route to circumnavigate Orcas. The Shaw Island coastline has some wonderful forest where we…
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July 26, 2020 – As we left Friday Harbor we met a steller sea lion. The decision for North or South was tricky for us but the sea lion made us…
Read moreSail to Spieden and Flattop
July 23, 2020 – With strong southerlies to the south we planned to head north today. With a reefed main sail we headed up San Juan Channel and on to…
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