Adventures

The Adventures of Motor Vessel Jupiter and Her Crew

Isostatic Rebound

July 19, 2021July 25, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2021

During 1794 George Vancouver, and his meticulous survey parties exploring Icy Strait, did not find Glacier Bay. It was filled with 4000 vertical feet of ice. Less than a century ... Read more

The Laundry

July 14, 2021July 15, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2021

Jupiter is anchored up in Mosquito Cove at the Inian Islands, at the edge of the Pacific where a great tidal exchange feeds the food chain. We are outside the ... Read more

Bears Watching

June 26, 2021July 14, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2021

Jupiter anchors up at sublimely situated Windfall Harbor in anticipation of two long-planned events. This arresting basin lies far up the Seymour Canal inside the Glass Peninsula of Admiralty Island, ... Read more

Espar Drills

June 15, 2021June 16, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2021

Jupiter’s Espar diesel cabin heater is broken, and if not fixed soon, trouble will come aboard. There are so many fishing and commercial vessels in Southeast that marine services appear ... Read more

The Bathhouse

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2021

Jupiter departs her anchorage with no plan to visit Tenakee Springs. Light winds, unusually sunny weather and the many compelling bays and coves in range seem to cloud decision making. ... Read more

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