Adventures

The Adventures of Motor Vessel Jupiter and Her Crew

On The Beach

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Adventures, Autumn 2020, Cuisine, Washington

A friend writes that Jupiter’s mariners remind him of characters portrayed in the book, On the Beach – survivors roaming to avoid contamination in a post-apocalyptic world. Wandering restlessly aboard ... Read more

The Fifth Dimension

September 5, 2020September 6, 2020 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

Traveling in consort with friends aboard their own boat adds a fifth dimension to any voyage. In the course of a typical summer Jupiter hosts friends aboard, however Covid concerns ... Read more

A Distant Island

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

Jupiter is Not Alone Cruising the San Juan Islands in August presents challenges to voyagers longing for remote, unoccupied anchorages. The seasonal surge of cruising craft is compounded by Covid ... Read more

Food Chain

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington

Inspired by the legendary 60’s hit single, Chain of Foods, we explore the ways gastronomy governs life aboard Jupiter. Chain, chain, chainChain, chain, chainChain of foods… Aretha Franklin, 1967 Following ... Read more

NorthWest Side Story

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 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, 2020July 28, 2020 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, 2020July 22, 2020 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, 2020July 14, 2020 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, 2020July 7, 2020 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, 2020July 8, 2020 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