Alaska

Every Picture Tells A Story

September 5, 2026September 5, 2026 Alaska, British Columbia, Fall 2026

Rod Stewart’s 1971 hit, Every Picture Tells a Story, lends itself as a metaphor for Jupiter and her Crew’s naive voyage of discovery in Alaska and British Columbia during the ... Read more

48 Hours in Thorne Bay

August 7, 2026August 28, 2026 Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2026

In a curious navigational maneuver Jupiter is sailing southeast from Southeast Alaska. She is exploring a rhumbline course to the international border with Canada. Along this route lies Thorne Bay ... Read more

Anchor & Appetite

July 31, 2026July 31, 2026 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2026

Occasionally Jupiter and her Crew receive requests from marine travel publications to host reporters aboard. However, we routinely and contemptuously ignore petitions from elite periodicals like Yacht and Yonder, but ... Read more

Looking for Lovage in All the Wrong Places

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026 Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2026

Jupiter’s crew spends far too much time looking for things they cannot find. In rural and remote communities people have an abundance of many things: fresh air, clean water, forests ... Read more

251 Years in Craig

July 6, 2026July 6, 2026 Alaska, Summer 2026

Jupiter is In – Everyone is Out Jupiter’s third visit to Craig aligns with Independence Weekend. Concerned about a crush of humanity arriving by boat for the acclaimed festivities, the ... Read more

The View from the Helm

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2026

A friend recently suggested that a voyage is an apt metaphor for life and this may be true, if trite. Now in our ninth year aboard Jupiter on the Pacific ... Read more

The Handshake

June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2026

A voyage between Wrangell and Petersburg is 40 nautical miles and includes one of the world’s great piloting exercises—navigation of Wrangell Narrows. The Narrows enables passage between Mitkof Island and ... Read more

Town & Country

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2026

Jupiter processes from Prince Rupert, British Columbia to Ketchikan, Alaska in one long punishing day. The passage proves a miserable forecast, but arrival comes early by joining the Alaska time ... Read more

Viewfinders

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024 Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2024

The seasonal progression springs into summer aboard Jupiter. Then, when least expected, the impossibly long days of the short Alaskan summer fade into nautical twilight, reminding the crew to plan ... Read more

Bear Essentials

August 22, 2024April 30, 2026 Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2024

Select all images with bears Whales are Jupiter’s fellow travelers, but bears belong to the shadowy shores, the arboreal lands more imagined than manifested. At every anchorage we wear our ... Read more