Pinnipeds
Adventures, Autumn 2019, British Columbia
Comox is a handsome small community with a large marina complex halfway “up” Vancouver Island on the inside passage. Fresh seafood can be purchased right from the fishing boats in ... Read more
Jedediah
Adventures, Autumn 2019, British Columbia
Jupiter anchored up in Boho Bay in 12 fathoms on another perfect September afternoon after 30 miles navigating the Georgia Strait, much of it through Whiskey Gulf, the Canadian torpedo ... Read more
Underway Labor Day
Adventures, Autumn 2019, British Columbia
Jupiter returned to British Columbia during a rare alignment of U.S. and Canadian long holiday weekends, separated only by their sanctioned orthographies – Labor / Labour Day. A visit was ... Read more
Rewinding Time
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019
Circumnavigating anyplace anti-clockwise: the earth, a continent, or Vancouver Island is metaphorically provocative, and Jupiter’s summer orbit carried the little ship backwards to remote places moored firmly in past times. ... Read more
Hooked
Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Summer 2019
During the past weeks we noted an increase in fishing boats prowling with purpose around rocky points and promontories like underdressed men trying to access an exclusive nightclub. Why? Salmon ... Read more
Boardwalk Empires
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019
“Come on in, and welcome!” came the quick, anonymous reply on VHF channel 14 after Jupiter’s crew called about moorage at the Kyuquot public wharf. Finding space at the float, ... Read more
Where the Sea Used to Be
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019
West Coast geography, in all its igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic geology bears the effects of the great Pacific Ocean force far more than the seashore of the Inside Passage. Tides ... Read more
Capes and Capabilities
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019
Cape Scott Cruising boats often congregate at strategic anchorages awaiting advantageous weather and tides to make an anxious passage. Jupiter fell in with four sail and two power boats at ... Read more
Wave Top Crops
Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Summer 2019
Jupiter is nearing the apogean northwestern tip of Vancouver Island. Regardless of solstitial days and fine weather, we have passed far beyond the verdant valleys of the Saanich Peninsula where ... Read more
Rapid Transit
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019
At its northern end the wide Strait of Georgia is interrupted by an entanglement of fjords and islands known as Desolation Sound. George Vancouver, his mind entangled by bi-polar disorder, ... Read more