All Aboard Sailing

All Aboard Sailing A unique experience sailing and whale watching with a 1956 42' pilot house sloop All Aboard at Spring Street Landing next to Friday Harbor Ferry Dock.

S/V Peniel is a 45' sloop built of Yellow cedar and oak by Prothero Brothers of seattle. We offer full and half day adventure tours in the San Juan Islands. Barbecued supper available

A shore excursion on Yellow Island with Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s swimming byMay 13, 2026 - Anticipating stronger win...
05/14/2026

A shore excursion on Yellow Island with Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s swimming by

May 13, 2026 - Anticipating stronger winds today we sailed out of Friday Harbor with reefed sails. Four of our passengers were young pirate sailors excited for adventure. Seven knots under sail we ducked into the Wasp Islands calm conditions where the harbor seals were hauled out. Dropping anchor in the lee of Yellow Island we took the electric tender for a beach landing with our crew....

May 13, 2026 – Anticipating stronger winds today we sailed out of Friday Harbor with reefed sails. Four of our passengers were young pirate sailors excited for adventure. Seven knots under sa…

Biggs/Transient orcas T90’s in Deer Harbor followed by T49A’s by Spieden IslandMay 12, 2026 - Today’s whale reports had ...
05/14/2026

Biggs/Transient orcas T90’s in Deer Harbor followed by T49A’s by Spieden Island

May 12, 2026 - Today’s whale reports had whales heading south in Rosario Strait looking out of reach and orcas (T49A’s) approaching False Bay, San Juan Island, from Victoria. We placed a bet that these orcas would head north so we did the same. While sailing through Spring Pass towards a report of a humpback we received news of orcas near Crane Island....

May 12, 2026 – Today’s whale reports had whales heading south in Rosario Strait looking out of reach and orcas (T49A’s) approaching False Bay, San Juan Island, from Victoria. We placed a bet …

Orca “T” party by Mummy RocksMay 11, 2026 - Sailed a beam reach on the ebb and wing on wing through Turn Island Pass. Ha...
05/14/2026

Orca “T” party by Mummy Rocks

May 11, 2026 - Sailed a beam reach on the ebb and wing on wing through Turn Island Pass. Harbor seals were warming in the late afternoon sun. We decided to head south where we heard a large “T Party” had gathered in Cattle Pass. The ebb current help us make good time and we met the orcas near Mummy Rocks and Charles Island....

May 11, 2026 – Sailed a beam reach on the ebb and wing on wing through Turn Island Pass. Harbor seals were warming in the late afternoon sun. We decided to head south where we heard a large “…

Double dose of Orcas! Hunting on Salmon Bank and southbound by Friday HarborMay 11, 2026 - Raising sails as we left Frid...
05/14/2026

Double dose of Orcas! Hunting on Salmon Bank and southbound by Friday Harbor

May 11, 2026 - Raising sails as we left Friday Harbor for a beam reach down island on the ebb. Wing on wing through Turn Island Pass watched by the resting harbor seals warming in the morning sun. Picked up speed with news of a Steller's sea lion hunt taking place by a large group of Biggs/Transient orcas at Salmon Bank....

May 11, 2026 – Raising sails as we left Friday Harbor for a beam reach down island on the ebb. Wing on wing through Turn Island Pass watched by the resting harbor seals warming in the morning…

Encountering 3 separate groups of Orcas plus a visit to Yellow IslandMay 10, 2026 - We headed north after hearing a repo...
05/14/2026

Encountering 3 separate groups of Orcas plus a visit to Yellow Island

May 10, 2026 - We headed north after hearing a report of orcas eastbound in Spieden Channel. The two groups split with one group heading to Flattop Island (T86A1’s, T86A3 and T100E) and the other heading east (T124A with her two youngest offspring, T124A6 and T124A7). We sailed through the Wasp Islands anticipating meeting the southerly group further north; however they flipped and came down San Juan Channel....

May 10, 2026 – We headed north after hearing a report of orcas eastbound in Spieden Channel. The two groups split with one group heading to Flattop Island (T86A1’s, T86A3 and T100E) and the o…

Baleen whale trifecta! Gray, humpback and minke whale!May 9, 2026 - After sailing the channel to Shaw Island we decided ...
05/14/2026

Baleen whale trifecta! Gray, humpback and minke whale!

May 9, 2026 - After sailing the channel to Shaw Island we decided to head east to circumnavigate Lopez Island. We cut inside of Canoe Island, rounded Upright Head, and sailed by Spencer Spit to exit Lopez Pass where we met a gray whale. The whale has been foraging by Shoal Bight for the past several days. After some lovely views we sailed the ebb current around the bottom of Lopez inside the beautiful scenery of Castle Island, Blind Island and Aleck Rocks National Wildlife Refuge....

May 9, 2026 – After sailing the channel to Shaw Island we decided to head east to circumnavigate Lopez Island. We cut inside of Canoe Island, rounded Upright Head, and sailed by Spencer Spit …

Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s pass Friday HarborMay 6, 2026 - We co-ordinated with our passengers to leave a day early th...
05/12/2026

Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s pass Friday Harbor

May 6, 2026 - We co-ordinated with our passengers to leave a day early this morning after hearing reports of the Biggs/Transient orcas who had been seen by the ferry coming through Thatcher Pass, were now Southbound in Upright Channel. We left posthaste to meet the orca family known as the T49A's (minus T49A1 and T49A2) just passed Reid Rock outside Friday Harbor....

May 6, 2026 – We co-ordinated with our passengers to leave a day early this morning after hearing reports of the Biggs/Transient orcas who had been seen by the ferry coming through Thatcher P…

Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s northbound by Friday HarborMay 3, 2026 - We sailed out of Friday Harbor with news of the Bi...
05/12/2026

Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s northbound by Friday Harbor

May 3, 2026 - We sailed out of Friday Harbor with news of the Biggs/Transient orcas T49A's traveling East from Cattle Point. Unsure whether to head South in San Juan Channel or over to Rosario Strait was the best bet to see the orcas. We came through Turn Island Pass while we evaluated our sail plan. Many harbor seals watched from their haul out warming in the sun while a report came in that the orcas had reversed course towards the flood current of Cattle Pass....

May 3, 2026 – We sailed out of Friday Harbor with news of the Biggs/Transient orcas T49A’s traveling East from Cattle Point. Unsure whether to head South in San Juan Channel or over to …

Wildflowers at Yellow Island Nature PreserveMay 3, 2026 - Raised sails for a close hauled sail sideways on the fast ebb ...
05/12/2026

Wildflowers at Yellow Island Nature Preserve

May 3, 2026 - Raised sails for a close hauled sail sideways on the fast ebb tide passing Reid Rock to the Shaw coastline. We hugged the coastline to escape the ebb current and made our way North. A few tacks took us to Tift Rocks and than on to Nob Island and the Wasp Islands. Yellow Island to anchor and take the tender ashore to walk between the wildflower bloom of Camas, Harsh Paintbrush, Death Camas, Chocolate Lilly and more. Our return sail was a fast beam reach and brisk wing on wing to sail back into Friday Harbor.

May 3, 2026 – Raised sails for a close hauled sail sideways on the fast ebb tide passing Reid Rock to the Shaw coastline. We hugged the coastline to escape the ebb current and made our way No…

Gray Whale by Lopez Pass and T49A2 with T51 by Burrows IslandMay 2, 2026 - After picking up our folks from Orcas Island ...
05/11/2026

Gray Whale by Lopez Pass and T49A2 with T51 by Burrows Island

May 2, 2026 - After picking up our folks from Orcas Island we had a difficult choice as to whether our best bet was to take San Juan Chanel South or to take Rosario Strait South. We had a report of 2 male orcas T49A2 and T51 Northbound from Partridge Point. Our best guess was that they would head for Rosario....

May 2, 2026 – After picking up our folks from Orcas Island we had a difficult choice as to whether our best bet was to take San Juan Chanel South or to take Rosario Strait South. We had a rep…

Sail to Yellow Island Nature Preserve to see wildflowers in bloomApril 30, 2026 - After raising the main sail we found a...
05/11/2026

Sail to Yellow Island Nature Preserve to see wildflowers in bloom

April 30, 2026 - After raising the main sail we found a nice breeze from the north for a close hauled sail across the channel. We tacked our way toward the Wasp Islands passing Shirt Tail Reef and the harbor seals of Nob Island. Sailed between C**n and McConnell Islands seeing a black oyster catcher and belted kingfisher. Anchoring in the South cove of Yellow Island to run ashore in the tender and walk between the wildflower bloom of Camas, Harsh Paintbrush, Death Camas, Chocolate Lily and more....

April 30, 2026 – After raising the main sail we found a nice breeze from the north for a close hauled sail across the channel. We tacked our way toward the Wasp Islands passing Shirt Tail Ree…

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