Author: Team Jupiter

Team Jupiter

NorthWest Side Story

August 7, 2020May 6, 2026 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

In 1792 Captain George Vancouver failed to discover the Swinomish Channel because it was not constructed until 1937. The Swinomish waterway was conceived to facilitate marine commerce by connecting the ... Read more

Logs

July 28, 2020May 6, 2026 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

Baited by rumors of a famed Farmers Market, we are reeled in and landed at the Port of Olympia where we make our ultimate southing in Puget’s sound. We find ... Read more

Gig Harbor Gig

July 22, 2020May 6, 2026 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

Jupiter, with two lazy laggards aboard, is not keeping pace with Captain George Vancouver. During May and June of 1792, Vancouver and his speed surveyors accomplished the coastal reckoning of ... Read more

Boomers & Bivalves

July 14, 2020May 6, 2026 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

After passing Port Townsend in May, 1792, Captain George Vancouver proceeded to explore the first long inlet he espied, and anointed it “Hood’s Channel” in honor of Admiral Lord Samuel ... Read more

Passing Port to Port

July 7, 2020May 6, 2026 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

In 1792 Captain George Vancouver embarked on the greatest marine survey of all time; California to Alaska. In May he entered the waters of the Salish Sea and Puget Sound. ... Read more

To The Lighthouse

June 30, 2020May 6, 2026 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

An advantage of living aboard at sea is the occasional ability to quit the vessel and explore a remote shore on foot. Stuart Island in the northern San Juans lies ... Read more

Coasting in the Time of Covid

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Adventures, Summer 2020, Washington

Jupiter’s mariners returned to Bellingham seven weeks later than expected owing to societal complications and closures from Covid-19. After nearly six months absence we rejoined our fair vessel, and found ... Read more

Winter’s Way

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Adventures, British Columbia, Winter 2020

A River Runs Through It We find Jupiter afloat in Bellingham in water with the viscosity of the Missouri River. Winter’s unrelenting rain has washed parts of Washington State into ... Read more

Summery Execution

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 Adventures, Autumn 2019, British Columbia, Washington

Jupiter tilled steep seas in continuous rain from a building southeast gale this week, reminding her crew how favored we have been during recent voyages. Light winds and bright skies ... Read more

Gorge

September 13, 2019May 6, 2026 Adventures, Autumn 2019, British Columbia, Cuisine

Gorge Harbour is for sale. One of our favorite marinas with new and obsessively swept and washed docks, easy access from Desolation Sound, a surprisingly well-provisioned grocery store, swimming pool ... Read more