Boat Cruises

Puget Sound Express. This family-run company runs summer speedboat connections between Port Townsend and Friday Harbor from May through September. Boats depart from Port Townsend at 9, arriving in Friday Harbor at noon; the return trip departs from Friday Harbor at 2:30 and arrives back in Port Townsend at 5. Four-hour guaranteed-sighting whale-watching trips depart from Friday Harbor at 10 and 2:30 May–late September to view orcas (killer whales) and at 10 from mid-March–April to see migrating gray whales. Whale-watching trips are subject to a minimum number of passengers. 227 Jackson St., at Point Hudson Marina, Port Townsend, Washington, 98368. 360/385–5288; www.pugetsoundexpress.com. Trips and tours from $85.