July 9, 2020 – We decided to sail south today with reports of the Southern Resident orcas from J pod still doing the westside shuffle since July 4th. At first…
Read moreEpic sail with J pod and also 3 minke whales
Orcas T36’s and T37A’s in Rosario
July 8, 2020 – After hearing reports of a large group of Biggs/Transient orcas in East Sound, Orcas Island, we decided to plot a course in that direction. Sailing across…
Read moreTrifecta! Orcas T46’s outside Friday Harbor, a Humpback BCY0409, and a minke
June 29, 2020 – “I saw something go down! Looked like an orca fin!”. It started out like a normal day leaving Friday Harbor to pass the University Marine Labs…
Read moreA sail with the T65A’s, T34’s, T37 and the T37B’s by Stuart
June 21, 2020 – A perfect summer solstice birthday sail. Brisk winds carried us North with a boost from the flood current. Wing on wing sailing passed Yellow Island to Green…
Read moreOrcas T123’s & T46B1’s in Rosario with rain and rainbows
June 15, 2020 – We had been listening to reports of orcas traveling around the topside of Orcas Island down Rosario Strait. We couldn’t resist a chance to get a…
Read moreAn inter-island sail with the T65A’s
June 10, 2020 – Today we had a great day sailing around the San Juans with one of our favorite families of Biggs/Transient orcas, the T65A’s (minus T65A5). Earlier in…
Read moreThree humpbacks visit Friday Harbor on Mother’s Day
May 10, 2020 – A Happy Mother’s Day! The three humpbacks that visited Friday Harbor today all had calves last year. We heard an earlier report of humpbacks coming down…
Read moreHumpbacks BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’ pass Friday Harbor
April 7, 2020 – Essential ID’s… The first humpback whales of 2020 to pass Friday Harbor: BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’. Interestingly they headed into the fastest part…
Read moreSouthern Resident J Pod Orcas visit Friday Harbor
March 21, 2020 – As we were doing some maintenance on ‘Peniel’ at the dock we heard that our Southern Resident orcas from J pod were coming down San Juan…
Read moreSailing with Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s and T71’s near Patos
March 19, 2020 – There was more wind than we expected as we cleared Friday Harbor. Close hauled crossing the channel we picked up a report of orcas near Blunden…
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