Author: Team Jupiter

Team Jupiter

Foraged Food + Coastal Cooking

June 13, 2023June 14, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Summer 2023

Spot prawn are in season, and BC commercial fishermen are harvesting in abundance from 300 foot depths. Cook acquires a few kilos fresh from the sea by loitering where incoming ... Read more

Forsaken

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2023

Traveling the marine highways of coastal British Columbia, Jupiter sometimes encounters places out of place. Locations once alive and thriving are found derelict and deserted, emptied of people or nearly ... Read more

Art and Archipelago

June 2, 2023June 4, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Spring 2023

Longtime Colorado friends visit Jupiter, berthed aboard for an escapade within the appealing Broughton Archipelago – months in planning for eight days of convivial coasting. Cindy administers an extensive mountain ... Read more

‘Mimkwamlis

May 28, 2023May 29, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Spring 2023

With Cindy and Curt aboard, Jupiter’s crew has an opportunity to visit the ancient settlement of ‘Mimkwamlis on Village Island. This is the home of the Mamalilikulla First Nation people. ... Read more

Gravity’s Groceries

May 23, 2023May 26, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Spring 2023

Port McNeill “Port McNeill is a Grade-A stepping stone to outdoor adventure.” Vancouver North Magazine Jupiter, making passage at the near north end of Vancouver Island suspends the cruise at ... Read more

Diapositives

May 18, 2023May 19, 2023 2023, Adventures, British Columbia, Spring 2023

A sprawling bubble of high pressure brings many days of sunny, clear skies, warm air and calm seas to southern British Columbia. The few denizens and folks afloat we encounter ... Read more

Dreams and Dreadlists

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Spring 2023

Two Terrible Crew The crew is having “Terrible Twos” aboard Jupiter. We spend all winter expecting the summer to bring the exultation of visiting curious nexuses of land and sea, ... Read more

The Underworld

April 16, 2023April 19, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Spring 2023

The Stygian netherworld of Jupiter’s bottom is seldom seen, rarely exposed to dry daylight and prying eyes. Recently, at Philbrooks Boatyard, Jupiter was hauled up the ways and balanced ashore. ... Read more

Moonless Sonata

January 28, 2023January 29, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Winter 2023

Jupiter is hardly moving on her anchor at Laura Cove in Desolation Sound. Her crew enjoy the tranquil berth, the silent boat, the bold shoreline, in the loom of mantled ... Read more

Leg Quarters

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Winter 2023

A stop to shop in Sidney, BC is planned to provision Jupiter for her winter cruise. Whilst perusing offerings at a local grocery, duck leg quarters from Quebec catch chef’s ... Read more