July 11, 2021 – Evening sail up to Flattop National Wildlife Refuge where harbor seals hauled out, adult and juvenile bald eagles were busy up to something and pigeon guillemots…
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Half day sail north
June 30, 2021 – Half day sail north to Flattop Island and New Channel
Read moreEvening sail to Flattop and New Channel
June 18, 2021 – 5 hours later and a similar route gives such a different sail. Winds gave us the power we needed to sail though the Wasp Islands at…
Read moreNorth South East or West?
February 26, 2021 – North South East or West? At first our plan was to go north; however we made little progress up the channel against the wind despite the…
Read moreSail to the South in October
October 17, 2020 – A rather grey October day with black clouds to the North and a silver lining to the South. We went for the silver lining. Winds were…
Read moreEagles, harbor seals, a falcon and much more
October 15, 2020 – As we raised sails leaving Friday Harbor a bald eagle was making repeated dives for a duck who managed to elude him. Passing Low Island an…
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 day of Changing conditions with a glimpse of J11’s and two Humpback Whales BCY0160 “Heather” and BCY0458 “Raptor”
September 26, 2019 With news of Orcas heading North in Rosario Strait we headed North quick on the flood through Spring Pass and the shoreline of Orcas Island up Presidents…
Read moreSunset Moonrise Sail with Biggs Orcas T124A’s, T124C, and T86A1 at Sucia Island
July 16th 2019 – It was an exciting encounter with the Biggs/Transient orca family known including all of the T124A’s, T124C, and T86A1. A view of the honeycomb sandstone of…
Read moreTransient Orcas T87 and the T90s in San Juan Channel
September 8, 2018 – Shortly after setting sail we met up with transient orcas known as T87 and the T90’s. We traveled alongside as they swam north from Friday Harbor…
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