Gato Verde Adventure Sailing

04/15/2024

Big News and Changes for our 21st Season!!!!

It brings us great sadness to announce that after 20 successful seasons we will no longer be offering overnight charters. Due to onerous new federal regulations that would require hiring additional personnel we are no longer able to offer what was possibly the most sustainable overnight charter option in the world.

Sad as that is, it opens up options that will probably make many of our day sail and sunset sailing customers very happy.

Starting immediately, private sunset sails and private day sails can now be booked up to one year in advance. Non-private open sunset sails will still be available to book 21 days or fewer before the desired charter date.

New for 2024! On weekends we are now offering non-private open day sail charters which are also available to book 21 days or fewer before the desired charter date.

Spring has sprung and the booking calendar is live. We are looking forward to having you out on the water aboard the most sustainable charter vessel in the country!

11/28/2023

Please support the Bellingham Community Boating Center’s Wheelhouse Capital Campaign

This Tuesday, let's rally around a cause that builds the Wheelhouse but also builds bridges of education, access, diversity, and community strength on our waters! ⛵️🌊

🌟Elevating Education, Unlocking Access, Celebrating Diversity🌟

Please support the Bellingham Community Boating Center as it continues to evolve. The Wheelhouse will be more than a physical space; it will be a place where education will flourish, doors of access to swing open, and community can gather.

🌊 How Can You Contribute to the cause? 🌊

Your support is an investment in education's power, breaking down barriers to access, and creating a community tapestry woven with diverse threads. Sail with us towards a future where the joy of learning unites us all.

➡️ Donate Today: https://www.boatingcenter.org/wheelhouse/

🌟 Spread the Message or Volunteer!🌟

Please share this post, tag community builders, and let's weave a web of connections that strengthens the bonds of togetherness. The Wheelhouse will become not just a space but a nucleus for a community where everyone belongs.

10/04/2023

Calm October Sunset Cruise
 

06/21/2023

Sunset 6-20-23

06/05/2023

2 Spots available for the June 4th Sunset Cruise and 5 spots available June 5th!

06/02/2023

3 spots available for tonight's (June 2) Gato Verde sunset cruise!

07/27/2022

It is not too late to book a cabin for the Peter James Nature Photography Workshop aboard Gato Verde September 10-13. https://gatoverde.com/peter-james-photography-workshop-on-gato-verde/

07/03/2022

Sunset shot of Gato Verde from the Schooner Zodiac

06/26/2022

Hard to beat a sunset on Bellingham Bay

05/22/2022

Sunset Cruise on the trampoline

05/04/2022

Nice piece by Rick Steves and Whatcom County Tourism about Bellingham.

Everyone’s favorite European traveler, took another trip to the Northwesternmost corner of Washington with us this past March. take a look at what he found.

04/21/2022

Shallow Bay sunset from Sucia Island. Shot by Peter James on our 2021 workshop cruise. Book your cabin for 2022 before it's too late. September 10-13

04/20/2022

Golden shots of Gato Verde peacefully anchored in Garrison Bay on the North end of San Juan Island. Shot by Peter James from the top of Mt Young on our 2021 Nature Photography Cruise.

04/07/2022

Gato Verde sprouted 800 Watts of solar panels! 🌅

03/18/2022

A little motivation to book your 2022 trip out to the San Juan Islands on Gato Verde!

02/18/2022

Harness the power of the wind to reboot after 2 crazy years!

11/11/2021

Don't miss this great opportunity to support one of Bellingham's best nonprofits!

BUOY OH BUOY! Our Raise the Paddle fundraiser begins this MONDAY!

That means we are nearly a week away from our Raise the Paddle party at , on November 19th!

Bring your friends & family for a nautical night of awards, games, raffles, food & drinks! ✨

Space is limited. Registration link here:

https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/boatingcenter/items/342113/availability/767575527/book/?full-items=yes

Can’t make it to an in-person event? Don’t worry— we have online options galore!

11/05/2021

Congratulations Edmund! Looking forward to having you aboard! ⛵️

Congratulations to Edmund Lowe, the Whatcom Water Week Photo Contest Sponsor Favorite Winner. Edmund’s photo of Lummi Island Slough with a canoe, handy to explore this valued weland, was selected by Wilson Engineering, one of our contest sponsors. Edmund wins a gift certificate for a Sunset Cruise donated by Gato Verde Adventure Sailing . Thank Gato Verde for your ongoing support of the Water Week photo contest.

07/28/2021

We currently have 4 spots available for tomorrow night's Sunset Cruise!!! Grab them before it is too late!

07/04/2021

Setting more unfortunate records. For the first time ever, the Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales were not in the Salish Sea a single time during both May and June.

Here is your June 2021 map of killer whale sightings in the Salish Sea!

Before K-Pod's brief return on July 1, the only nearby report of Southern Residents was technically just outside the Salish Sea near Swiftsure Bank where Mark Malleson of the Center for Whale Research encountered members of L-Pod on June 7. This means the Southern Residents set some more dismal records in the spring of 2021, including:

Third May on record without Southern Residents in the Salish Sea (2018, 2020, 2021)
Second June on record without Southern Residents in the Salish Sea (2019, 2021)
First time no Southern Residents here in May OR June of the same year

It ended up being 81 consecutive days without them here, and the quick visit by K-Pod simply served to "reset the clock" as they were in and out in just 24 hours, apparently not finding enough fish here to entice them to stay.

Meanwhile, the abundance of Bigg's continued to "paint the sea red", both on our map and as they devoured other marine mammals on their travels. We've gone more than a hundred consecutive days and counting with Bigg's killer whales confirmed present at least somewhere in the Salish Sea, with many days in June seeing groups present in more than half a dozen different areas totaling anywhere from 30 to over 50 individual whales. We still have to crunch the numbers but I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was a record June in terms of number of Bigg's sightings.

These maps are reaching a wider audience each month and that warrants a note that they are only possible because of you and your reports. OBI strongly believes in the value of citizen science and these maps are a perfect example of what can be done when people are willing to share sightings, photographs, and data. We see only a small fraction of these whales ourselves but are able to confirm their presence in all these locations thanks to the work of Orca Network, reports from all the captains and naturalists in the Pacific Whale Watch Association, as well as all the regional sightings pages on Facebook where people like you report what you see on the water or from the shoreline. We love visualizing the data this way and we hope you enjoy these monthly updates, too!

07/03/2021

Day sailing!

07/01/2021

For the first time ever, Gato Verde completed a 24 hour full service cruise for 4 people from Bellingham to Cypress Island without burning a single drop of fuel! Thanks to Eddie Goodsir from Mac & Mac Electric for building the new LiFePo4 battery pack which can provide up to 4 hours of propulsion!

06/29/2021

Beating the heat!

06/28/2021

Jaw dropping Mount Baker & Cone Islands view. Shot by deckhand Lev Shuster as we departed Eagle Harbor on Cypress Island.

06/28/2021

Look what is charging the Gato Verde now! Thanks to the Port of Bellingham for helping to green the waterfront and community!

The Port just completed the largest solar panel installation on any public building in Whatcom County. Just in time for long, sunny summer days, there are now 336 solar panels on top of the Bellingham Cruise Terminal generating 100 kW of clean power.

06/14/2021

The rain is petering out, the Sun is going to burn off the clouds by the afternoon and Gato Verde's Sunset Cruise for tonight has 4 spaces remaining....what are you waiting for...Book Now! www.gatoverde.com