July 20, 2020 – As we exited the harbor we made our way down San Juan Channel with the ebb tide in our favor. Hugging the Lopez Island coastline from…
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J pod traveling down Haro Strait
July 12, 2020 – With news of J pod Southern Resident orcas nearing Turn Point we made haste to meet them coming down Haro Strait. Taking the short cut through Mosquito…
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July 11, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor with sails sheeted in tight and a plan to sail South as J pod of the Southern Resident Orcas were on the West…
Read moreMultiple minke whales and a humpback whale
July 10, 2020 – South on the ebb with our passenger taking the helm to sail across to Big Rock, a glacial erratic boulder left on the shoreline of Lopez…
Read moreOrcas 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 moreJuly 4th sail with J pod, sunset, moonrise and fireworks
July 4, 2020 – We had a report in the morning of Southern Resident orcas from J pod inbound at Church Rock and we heard of members from L pod…
Read moreOur Southern Resident orcas are here! Sailing with K12’s and K13’s and a humpback whale MMZ0004 Zephyr
July 1, 2020 – Lots of excitement as soon as we woke this morning with news that K pod had arrived to San Juan Island. We’d been expecting them after…
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 moreMinks, Peregrine falcon with chick, harbor seal pups and Orcas T77’s
June 28th 2020 – We received a morning report of the T46 family of Biggs/Transient Orcas heading North from Point Lawrence. With the possibility of them coming down Presidents Channel…
Read moreT46B’s and T49A’s and a sail around San Juan Island
June 23, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor with the knowledge of Transient/Biggs Orcas the T46B’s (minus T46B1’s) and T49A’s (minus T49A1 and T49A2) heading North from Hein Bank. The…
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