The Journeyman
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
End of the Rainboat
Adventures, Alaska, Autumn 2018, British Columbia
Jupiter’s return to Bellingham on September 23rd marked the end of her 125 days at sea exploring the Pacific Northwest. Boat and crew roamed 2,750 nautical miles along the inside ... Read more
Rounding Revillagigedo
Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2018
Sunday, Ketchikan Fueled up, moored up and grubbed up at Safeway and A&P (Alaskan & Proud) supermarkets. Fresh produce arrives in refrigerated containers via barge from Seattle on Sundays, distributed ... Read more
Anan Bear
Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2018
Anan Creek is an ancient native Tlingit fishing site that hosts the densest, largest pink salmon run in Southeast Alaska. The word Anan in Tlingit means place you wait. By waiting ... Read more
Deadliest Cachet
Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2018
Connected to nowhere by road, each town along the isolated coasts of Southeast Alaska retains its own vivid character. Petersburg is a tidy town of Norwegian distraction where everyone is ... Read more
Knock Wood
Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2018
Life aboard a boat is complex. Jupiter’s crew dwells within a bio-mechanical beast of remarkable complexity. Scores of systems, seen and unseen, are awkwardly balanced in the marine environment between ... Read more
Shipmates
Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2018
Keeping a schedule is antithetical to goals for Jupiter’s voyage, thus when friends visit logistical planning can be challenging. The best solution is to fly to a nearby town served ... Read more
Catching Crabs
Adventures, Alaska, Cuisine, Summer 2018
After several futile attempts at catching crabs in our pot carried aboard Jupiter since Bellingham, with purchased fishing licenses for B.C. and Alaska, we finally reaped a generous haul of ... Read more
Glacial Madness
Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2018
It was time for Jupiter to cool her keels and visit Alaska’s iconic tidewater glaciers. The turbulent entry channel into Tracy Arm is well marked by buoys, and by icebergs ... Read more
Fish Tenders
Adventures, Alaska, Summer 2018
The salmon fishery is intense. Every hour counts. Permission to fish for certain species is granted and rescinded for all fishing vessels on a schedule dictated by Alaska Department of ... Read more