Adventures

The Adventures of Motor Vessel Jupiter and Her Crew

Upwelling

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Summer 2022

There exists a realm within coastal British Columbia where Vancouver Island appears to have tried and failed to quit the mainland and escape into the wide Pacific. Here is found ... Read more

Perspective

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Adventures, Summer 2022, Washington

Preliminaries Preparing Jupiter for her August debut requires a visit by one of her captains and an engineer. The boat’s general condition must be surveyed, her mechanical and safety systems ... Read more

Singing in the Lifeboat

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Adventures, Summer 2022

“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” Voltaire, 1757 Upon receiving a surprising diagnosis this spring, one that urged time and treatment, Jupiter’s ... Read more

Cool Versus Cold

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 Adventures, British Columbia, Winter 2022

Jupiter swings lazily at anchor in Hyashi Cove. The temperature is 37° and, under a sagging sky, a grey northwest breeze washes along the decks. It is cold, and after ... Read more

Wolf Moon

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 Adventures, Washington, Winter 2022

“The wolf moon appears in the dead of winter signaling a time of transformation…” Stina Garbonos, Psychic Astrologer The wolf moon, like every full moon and every new moon, forges ... Read more

Jupiter’s Way to Z

September 5, 2021September 6, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, British Columbia, Summer 2021

A is for Anchorage, so many, so deep In BC and Alaska ground tackle means sleep B is for Bears, hairy blacks and big brown When salmon are spawning, they ... Read more

Haze of Days

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, British Columbia, Summer 2021

The goal of the week is to cover ground, or rather seafloor. Timely transit along the upcoast of British Columbia where anchorages are as rare as sunshine, involves extended passages ... Read more

Circumnavigation

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2021

Margie, an accomplished single-handed sailor, photographer, and a niece, boards Jupiter in Ketchikan. The float plan for her cruise describes a 180nm widdershins circumnavigation of the island of Revillagigedo – ... Read more

Wish You Were Here

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2021

Tuesday Dear Dave – Thanks for flying our family from Ketchikan to Wrangell last week. They enjoyed the smooth flight, fabulous scenery and good weather aboard one of your beautiful ... Read more

Gray Raiment

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2021

The route south to Wrangell is a torturous pilotage exercise – untangling the Wrangell Narrows. The channel is a well marked and charted, but rarely seen passage between Kupreanof and ... Read more