Buttressed by mountains of the Coast Ranges and battered by Puget Sound’s relentless surge, the Pacific Northwest has a stunning variety of natural features. These features range from the glacier-clad Cascade peaks to shadowy rain forests to scalloped tidal pools at the sea’s edge. The shoreline in the Canadian Gulf Islands and the Strait of Georia is a sheltered inland sea, nourished, but not fiercely punished, by the sea. A paradise for those who sketch or watercolor. Bring your camera and sketch or watercolor pad and we will accommodate your artistic talents.

Are you also a bird watcher that will revel in the oyster catcher as he favors mussels as well as oysters, prying open the shells with its flattened bill? Or perhaps the pigeon guillemot, which prefers small fish like blennies, sticklebacks, and sculpins, catching them near the surface. Perhaps you enjoy the double-crested cormorant which menu on the larger herring, which it pursues by swimming underwater. Porpoises and Killer Whales (Orcinus Orca) find the waters of the Northwest an ideal playground, probably because the cruising terrain, as well as the menu, is so variegated. Seals and sea lions are often seen as they bask on the rocky shoreline or lie on the floating log booms.

Seven-Day Tour

Start the tour at Friday Harbor on San Juan Island with a tour of Wind Seeker, your luxurious accommodations for the next seven days and six nights.

• Tour the art galleries in Ganges, Nanaimo, and Friday Harbor. See the art of local artists whose mediums range from watercolor to marble sculpture.
• Sail the Canadian Gulf Islands viewing the Vancouver Island mountain range anchoring in quiet harbors and watching the breath taking sunsets.
• Pass through Dodd Narrows and sail into Nanaimo, British Columbia.
• Eat dinner at selected restaurants.
• A tour of selected Art galleries in Seattle is optional. Add one day to the Seven Day Tour.

Thirteen-Day Tour

This tour also starts at Friday Harbor on San Juan Island with a tour of Wind Seeker, your luxurious accommodations for the next eleven days and ten nights.

• Tour art galleries in Ganges, Nanaimo, Vancouver BC, and Friday Harbor featuring local artists.
• Sail the Canadian Gulf Islands viewing the Vancouver Island mountain range anchoring in quiet harbors and watching the breath taking sunsets.
• Pass through Dodd Narrows and sail into Nanaimo, British Columbia.
• Sail across the Strait of Georgia and into Vancouver, BC, visit Granville Island, art galleries, and anchor overnight in False Creek. A visit to the Vancouver Art Gallery is optional.
• Eat dinner at selected restaurants.
• A tour of selected art galleries in Seattle is optional. Add one day to Thirteen Day Tour.