Adventures

The Adventures of Motor Vessel Jupiter and Her Crew

Meyers Chuck

July 2, 2018August 17, 2018 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2018

Jupiter, now fully provisioned and refueled in shambolic Ketchikan, departed for more northerly and remote locales. The small inlet and harbor community of Meyers Chuck was highly recommended as a ... Read more

The Queen of King Salmon

June 28, 2018May 6, 2026 Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2018

Meet Trish. We did. She is a remarkable woman who traded in her life in Illinois when Alaska called her name. She jumped aboard an offshore, power-troller fishing vessel in ... Read more

Catch as Ketch Can

June 24, 2018August 17, 2018 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2018

Coming into the Country: All vessels arriving in Alaska from British Columbia must clear Customs and Border Protection in Ketchikan before proceeding elsewhere. Formalities for Jupiter and crew were easily ... Read more

Power of Suggestion

June 21, 2018August 17, 2018 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2018

The chart book Exploring – Another Classic Historical Reference Atlas by Stephen E. Hilson is a constant source of readings, reference and reflection at the helm. It makes clear that ... Read more

Wild Wild Country

June 20, 2018August 17, 2018 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2018

As you can see from our track we have been spending most nights in remote anchorages along the north coast of British Columbia between Cape Caution and the Dixon Entrance ... Read more

Life Aquatic

June 15, 2018August 17, 2018 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2018

We have been living aboard Jupiter for almost six weeks cruising from Victoria to our current location at Bella Bella, B.C. The pattern of our days is determined by the ... Read more

Lacy Falls

June 12, 2018August 17, 2018 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2018

Aptly named Lacy Falls sheets down flat black rock into the sea. Jupiter recorded over 300 feet of water below the keel on approach. Logging and aquaculture camps send tenders ... Read more

The Devil’s Egg Triangle

June 11, 2018May 6, 2026 Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Summer 2018

Moving north beyond the 50th parallel we have reached The Broughtons, a maze of small islands and islets that roughly form a triangle, hard-edged by the Straits of Johnstone and ... Read more

Incident at Octopus Islands

June 5, 2018August 17, 2018 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2018

Foraging for provisions on Quadra and Cortes islands in the Discovery Archipeligo lead to the discovery that re-stocking the galley is becoming increasingly challenging. We departed the well protected Gorge ... Read more

Tides & Times, Fish & Wines

June 2, 2018May 6, 2026 Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Summer 2018

Moving northwest through Desolation Sound compels every boat to pass through several challenging tidal rapids. These can be safely navigated only at slack tide. After wrestling with the maths and ... Read more