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

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

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

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

Jupiter, with two lazy laggards aboard, is not keeping pace with Captain George Vancouver. During May and June of 1792, Vancouver and his speed surveyors accomplished the coastal reckoning of ... Read more

After passing Port Townsend in May, 1792, Captain George Vancouver proceeded to explore the first long inlet he espied, and anointed it “Hood’s Channel” in honor of Admiral Lord Samuel ... Read more

In 1792 Captain George Vancouver embarked on the greatest marine survey of all time; California to Alaska. In May he entered the waters of the Salish Sea and Puget Sound. ... Read more

An advantage of living aboard at sea is the occasional ability to quit the vessel and explore a remote shore on foot. Stuart Island in the northern San Juans lies ... Read more