Here are some of the many comments we've received from our passengers who travelled with us on our Offshore Birding Trips.


September, 2008

"Excellent performance and service all around. Special praise to Chef Charles for remarkable meals."

"Great ship, crew and galley. A+/Excellent operation. Many thanks."

"Great trip! Meals were excellent. Crew very helpful. You also kept things clean all the time--Thanks!"

"I had a terrific time and will recomment you with high praise. The crew was outstanding--helpful, friendly, and extremely knowledgable. Charles made meals that impressed me. Bravo!"

"This has been a terrific trip. The crew was extremely accomodating: every effort was made to make us comfortable and enable us to have as much "bird time" as possible. The food was 4-star!"

June, 2008

"Super crew! Super trip!"

"You have a very impressively run operation--thanks so much!"

"Thank you to all of you for such a great trip."

"Great ship. Great leaders. Great food. Really enjoyed myself."

September, 2007

"Another wonderful trip on the Searcher. Three new whale species and two new life birds. We said we'd come back and we did and we're going to do it again. Many, many thanks."

"It was a very enjoyable trip. The crew was great, the food fabulous!

Excellent trip-many thanks to the owners and crew.

Amazing! What a riot! Birds, birds, birds; nothing but excellence in both food and company. Will be back someday.

What a wonderful experience! The crew was attentive and helpful and the birds and whales gave us a great show! Three life birds and three life mammals--I will be back!"

April, 2007

"Great trip! Great crew! Great service! This is my third trip and I'll be back."

"My Searcher adventure was everything I'd hoped it would be. The crew is generous, helpful and delightful to boot! Boat was clean and tidy. Food fabulous. I hope to return another time!"

"We thought that the crew was outstanding, always helpful, fun to be with, acted always to assure safety of people. The Searcher is a comfortable and clean boat. You have all done a great job. The food was excellent!"

"This was my second voyage on the Searcher and if anything, the crew was even more helpful, entertaining, & courteous than the first time. Keep up the excellent work!"

"Just wanted to let you know what a great time we had on the Sept pelagic trip. The crew was great as well as the leaders. The two young cooks really made the meals a delight. We picked up 11 lifers which was 2 more than we had hoped for. We are recommending your trip to all our birding friends. Great job, keep up the good work. THANKS."


"Want to thank you for all the effort putting this trip together and for all your work on the trip. We had a terrific time and were very impressed with how hard everyone worked to take care of us and get the birds to the boat / boat to the birds! Wishing you continued good luck with these great trips."


"The pelagic trip you folks organized Sept. 8-12 (2004) was truly a wonderful experience.  A veteran of over 100 pelagic trips, I would rate this in the top five I have ever taken.  Great birds (although I didn't get a new North American species with a life list over 800) & mammals, great leadership, marvellous food & a very friendly and accomodating crew.  It was also the keenest, least seasick & most co-operative group of participants I have ever shared a boat with. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone who would contemplate taking it in the future. WELL DONE!"

"The Searcher's crew was competent, responsive and fun.  The accommodations and facilities first rate.  The food was good, the beer was cold, the coffee, hot (and Starbuck's quality). 

I recommend The Searcher's pelagic trip to anyone looking for a fun and productive pelagic trip in spring or fall trips are planned for April and September of each year. 

A hearty thank you to Don DesJardin without whose vision and effort these trips would never have happened, and to Art Taylor and Celia Condit, owners of The Searcher, for making it all possible. "