June 24, 2017 – A short sail on a beautiful sunny afternoon. The harbor seals were just lapping up the sun. One lone sea lion on Whale Rocks. Spent some…
Read moreMinke whale milling near Iceberg Point, Lopez Island
A visit to Sydney to see the T65As
June 22, 2017 – The T65A’s are our “resident” transients who we have been seeing a lot of lately. Sailing passed Mandarte Island cormorant rookery we met them south of…
Read moreT65A’s and T73A’s in the fog
June 18, 2017 – Misty rain – who wants to sail in the fog? And as soon as we cut the lines the scenery unfolds gaving the magic and beauty…
Read moreSailing in the dark with the T2Cs
6/7/17 – An evening out with the T2C’s including new calf T2C4 (possibly born end of 2016). They were down about 9+ minutes in between surface time to breathe. We…
Read moreHumpbacks near Pender Islands
June 4, 2017 – A fun day sailing into the wild blue yonder where we met two large humpback whales – Heather and Divot (BCY0160 and BCX1057). Flattop Island guillemots…
Read moreHumpback MMY0009 (aka MMY0001) passing Friday Harbor
June 3, 2017 – Strolling down channel with blows to the wind sailing with us. Left the humpback whale at Turn Island to sail downwind and light the BBQ. Supper…
Read moreEarth Day Sail with the T124As
April 22, 2017 – Earth Day Sail with the T124As – a total of 8 transient orcas. It was exciting for us to meet the two new calves, T124A6 and…
Read moreSailing with Southern Resident K’s and L’s
Aug 30th – Lots of Southern Resident Killer Whales from L pod including the L12’s and part of K pod foraging and socializing on a west side shuffle. Great vocals…
Read moreJ Pod at Swirl Island
Another rainy day where we’re glad we went anyway. We went south on the ebb passing the harbor seals at Whale Rocks and the eagles of Long Island meeting group…
Read moreTransient Orca family T77’s circumnavigate San Juan Island today
We cut through Mosquito Pass to meet the T77’s (first reported at Eagle Cove) hunting in Open Bay. They took the shoreline of Kellett Bluff past Roche Harbor and began…
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