It pays to follow the guidelines. Whale update in hand, Karon trades his baseball cap for his short-brimmed boat hat, turns on the motor and slowly maneuvers out of the harbor into San Juan Channel. The Bon Accord slices through calm water and cool air. Karon's 30-foot boat is a beautiful wood vessel custom built by Krist Martinsen at Turtle Back Boatworks on Orcas Island for a San Juan County couple. Karon bought it in 1988.
Customers are always impressed with the boat.
Originally Karon wanted to offer diving charters. The diving equipment was to rough on the boat, but a few meetings with orcas and Karon was hooked on watching whales. At the time however, whale watching wasnt a focus of charters out of Friday Harbor. The first year I took the boat out for whale charters there were only a few of us. I enjoy the people.