Adventures

The Adventures of Motor Vessel Jupiter and Her Crew

Wave Top Crops

July 2, 2019May 6, 2026 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

June 23, 2019June 24, 2019 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

No Stone Unturned

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019

If you are a lover of quarrying, Texada Island is an exceptional destination. Lying along the middle of the Georgia Strait, the island, resembling a diminutive Vancouver Island wannabe, boasts ... Read more

Jupiter Aligns with Mars

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019

Jupiter arrived at Ganges, the harbor hub of Salt Spring Island in the Gulf Islands, on a bright and breezy day, and moored up at the venerable Ganges Marina. Salt ... Read more

Archipelagic Aspirations

June 2, 2019May 6, 2026 Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2019, Washington

Vancouver Island predominates the geography of southern British Columbia. This landmass, 300 miles long and 50 miles wide, is thick with highlands and thin with rivers, inlets and sounds. Jupiter’s ... Read more

Rendezvous

May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 Adventures, Spring 2019, Washington

It has been one year since we unloaded Jupiter from the Star Lofoten on arrival in the Pacific Northwest. It is hard to fathom that our documented adventures fit into ... Read more

Super Natural

April 21, 2019April 24, 2019 Adventures, British Columbia, Spring 2019

April found Jupiter’s crew eager to return to remote British Columbia. The Crossing We departed our winter port of Bellingham for Semiahmoo Marina in Blaine, Washington, in view of the ... Read more

Heads and The Existential

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Adventures, Spring 2019, Washington

Winter’s Work When exploring wild and watery environs in a vessel, maintenance is more than a matter of comfort and convenience; it is an existential necessity. Jupiter benefitted from a ... Read more

Law Enforcement

March 25, 2019March 26, 2019 Adventures, Spring 2019, Washington

Unlike a vehicle traffic stop, at sea one cannot pull over and sit there anxiously awaiting the wrath of the officer on duty. At sea one maintains slow speed and ... Read more

Jupiter on Vacation

March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 Adventures, Spring 2019, Washington

Jupiter, our steadfast exploration vessel, was a resolute companion during the spring, summer and fall of 2018. But during the past winter Jupiter went on an extended holiday: hauled out ... Read more