Adventures

The Adventures of Motor Vessel Jupiter and Her Crew

I Am a Rock – I Am an Island

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2021

Fish or Die Jupiter completes her exploration of Prince of Wales Island at Craig, the principal pelagic settlement. The town has a fish-or-die feel with twin harbors crowded with idle ... Read more

The Journeyman

May 23, 2021May 30, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2021

Errands in Ketchikan last week found us in the careworn cab of a careworn woman from the Haida tribe. She related how she grew up in the village of Hydaburg ... Read more

The Marine Expressway

May 15, 2021May 30, 2021 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2021

May 6: Into Canadian Waters Having passed muster with Canadian Border Services, Jupiter departs Customs at Port Sidney, smugly displaying her orange Canadian transit permit in the salon window, as ... Read more

Innocent Passage

May 6, 2021May 30, 2021 Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2021

Innocent Passage is a concept of maritime law that allows for a vessel to pass through the archipelagic and territorial waters of another state as long as no harm is ... Read more

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