The Spike Africa is beautiful........the scenery of the San Juan Islands is gorgeous. We had such a great time. The Captain and crew of the Spike Africa were friendly and knowledgeable. The Captain was so charismatic.........even let us take the wheel. We were very lucky to have excellent weather conditions that day because you cannot control mother nature. When the... More

We went out on a 6 hour tour on the Sea Pirate. There was no wind and thus we did not sail but motored around at a very tedious and slow pace. All in all it made for a quite boring 6 hours and actually I was wishing we would just return to the dock after the first two hours.... More

OK, you have to understand we're landlubbers from Colorado and rarely get to enjoy messing around on boats, so this was a little intimidating from the beginning. Luckily the dismal weather forecast turned out to be completely wrong as did any doubts we might have had about sailing on the beautiful ketch "Sea Witch". There were only four passengers aboard... More

The San Juan Islands are the gem of the West coast. Spectacular views, abundant wildlife , and generally very laid back. We wanted to charter a half day sailboat trip with a few couples that would give us an offshore view of San Juan Island. We found Schooners North on the web and talked with them a few times before... More