Author: Team Jupiter

Team Jupiter

Town & Country

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2026

Jupiter processes from Prince Rupert, British Columbia to Ketchikan, Alaska in one long punishing day. The passage proves a miserable forecast, but arrival comes early by joining the Alaska time ... Read more

Flying the Forest

May 29, 2026May 29, 2026 British Columbia, Spring 2026

Mariners navigating northbound along the northernmost coast of British Columbia have a choice. From Wright Sound vessels can take the direct ferry route 50 miles NW along the straight Grenville ... Read more

The Night Manager

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Spring 2026

0242 hours: A shallow, but insistent beep, beep, beeping awakens the sleeping crew. Bleary eyes address the bedside chart display announcing an anchor drag alarm. Jupiter has drifted outside the ... Read more

Off the Charts

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 British Columbia, Spring 2026

Over months and miles in the Pacific Northwest, the benchmark for anchorage aspects is set high. What passes as average here would be spectacular elsewhere, and a FaceTime call with ... Read more

Reynolds Rapids

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 British Columbia, Cuisine, Spring 2026

Jupiter transits Seymour Narrows, one of many important navigable tidal rapids along the Inside Passage from the San Juan Islands in Washington, through British Columbia, continuing into Southeastern Alaska. Described ... Read more

Wheels of Fortune

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 British Columbia, Spring 2026, Washington

On a winter’s day in deep and dark December, Jupiter’s Crew dines at an Asian-themed restaurant three thousand nautical miles from where Jupiter now swings silently on her anchor at ... Read more

The Sins of Summer

August 31, 2025May 11, 2026 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2025

Indulgences at sea are far and few as Jupiter navigates remote coasts and passages in worrisome weather. Her Crew confess to a longing for leisure and whatever luxury the ship’s ... Read more

Footloose in Chemainus

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025 2025, Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2025

Voyaging in southern British Columbia affords many pleasures, the greatest of which is visiting small coastal towns. Jupiter calls at many waterfronts, spontaneously finding a lucky sixty feet of space ... Read more

The Royal Yacht Britannia & Jupiter: A Comparison

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2025

Yachtsmen enjoy comparing their yachts to others within their class, and Jupiter’s crew is afforded an opportunity to visit and thoughtfully examine the Royal Yacht Britannia. HMS Britannia lies in ... Read more

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

July 21, 2025April 30, 2026 Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Summer 2025

The Bloodhound Jupiter is performing like a Bloodhound this summer, sniffing out previously unknown and unexplored inlets and outlets, hunting imaginative ways to navigate the wild waters of British Columbia. ... Read more