Breaking Bad
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2023 Our beautiful Jupiter celebrates her 11th birthday this year, although we reckon she’s more like sweet 16 in boat years. Jupiter, moored at the Prince Rupert fuel dock, is always ... Read more
Foraged Food + Coastal Cooking
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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