August 7, 2022 – After exiting Friday Harbor we drifted behind Turn Island State Park passing many harbor seals hauled out on the rocks. Keeping out of the flood current…
Read moreMinke whale “Trotsky II”
J17’s through binoculars
March 12, 2021 – A beautiful day in the San Juans. Today we sailed along the south side of Spieden Island first stopping to see the sea lions at Green…
Read moreSail with whales – T65A2 alone and the T18s
August 6th 2019 – North today and surprised to see many harbor seals on the beach of the West spit of Yellow Island. Wing on wing into New Channel and…
Read moreSail with a gray whale (CRC2256)!
What an incredible sail with a gray whale! ID’d as CRC2256
Read moreSailing with T77’s, T30B’s and a couple orcas we’ve never seen before, T117B and T172
July 11, 2019 – North on the flood current with news of the T77s (minus T77A) Biggs/Transient Orcas who were Northbound from Kelp Reef. We tacked around Low Island where…
Read moreA sail seeing Southern Residents from J and K pods
July 6, 2019 – It was a fun, adventurous sail around the islands. Initially we made a choice to sail south with the ebb to see if we could find…
Read moreBald Eagle Bonanza
June 5, 2019 – As we left Friday Harbor an eagle took off and flew into the distance North up San Juan Channel. A deer watched from her resting spot.…
Read moreBiggs at Smith Island – T87, T90’s, T124A2’s
May 16, 2019 – Today was an epic full day adventure. North south east or west? After some deliberation we cast off and made the decision to go south against…
Read moreT49As at Boiling Reef
May 4, 2019 – Nice winds to get us started with a fast sail tacking back and forth up San Juan Channel. We had news of Biggs/transient killer whales known…
Read moreT65A Transient Orca family Upright Head to Griffin Bay
September 29, 2018 – Winds today varied quite considerably between the islands. A beam reach out of the Harbor on a North wind which diminished requiring motor sailing on a…
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