Jinx
Adventures, Washington, Winter 2023 Sometimes planets align in a favorable way, sometimes not. Upon a mid-January arrival at Jupiter in Roche Harbor the crew cranks up the boat’s heaters of the electric kind and ... Read more
Jupiter Orbits Saturna
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2022 Parties are past, fast friends gone astray. Jupiter, dateless, finds her own way. Her crew remains aboard at Roche Harbor to spend an evening with local friends who generously listen ... Read more
Hail and Farewell
Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, ORYC, Summer 2022, Washington Day 10: Curve of Line The fresh morning finds the Flotilla dispersed between three anchorages about a mile apart. Fortunately Captain Chris’ morning hail finds everyone hale and whole, and ... Read more
Rapid Test
Adventures, British Columbia, ORYC, Summer 2022 The Float Plan of Ocean Reef Yacht Club Flotilla takes our nine boats through nine tidal rapids or passes during the twelve-day cruise. Each passage is timed to meet the ... Read more
CrowdSourcing
Adventures, British Columbia, ORYC, Summer 2022 Day 4: Naval Operations The Flotilla is beginning to function like a naval fleet. Orderly on-time departures and comfortable en route formations are now the norm. As we depart the ... Read more
Solar Gain
Adventures, British Columbia, ORYC, Summer 2022 Day 2: The Sunshine Coast The Flotilla departs the quiet Gulf Islands anchorage, forms a file afloat winding through islets and rock piles to enter the Georgia Strait. Fast ferries, ... Read more
Mariner Melding
Adventures, British Columbia, ORYC, Summer 2022 Day 0: Market Madness Ocean Reef Yacht Club mariners arrive at Port Sidney Marina where they are introduced to their charter vessels by captains and technicians from NW Explorations. Shopping ... Read more
The Flotilla
Adventures, British Columbia, ORYC, Summer 2022 Jupiter and her crew rarely cruise in consort with other vessels, however soon we will accompany eight boats with thirty-five mariners aboard for an adventure transiting Desolation Sound and the ... Read more
Upwelling
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
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