Winter’s Way
Adventures, British Columbia, Winter 2020 A River Runs Through It We find Jupiter afloat in Bellingham in water with the viscosity of the Missouri River. Winter’s unrelenting rain has washed parts of Washington State into ... Read more
Summery Execution
Adventures, British Columbia, Fall 2019, Washington Jupiter tilled steep seas in continuous rain from a building southeast gale this week, reminding her crew how favored we have been during recent voyages. Light winds and bright skies ... Read more
Gorge
Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Fall 2019 Gorge Harbour is for sale. One of our favorite marinas with new and obsessively swept and washed docks, easy access from Desolation Sound, a surprisingly well-provisioned grocery store, swimming pool ... Read more
Pinnipeds
Adventures, British Columbia, Fall 2019 Comox is a handsome small community with a large marina complex halfway “up” Vancouver Island on the inside passage. Fresh seafood can be purchased right from the fishing boats in ... Read more
Jedediah
Adventures, British Columbia, Fall 2019 Jupiter anchored up in Boho Bay in 12 fathoms on another perfect September afternoon after 30 miles navigating the Georgia Strait, much of it through Whiskey Gulf, the Canadian torpedo ... Read more
Underway Labor Day
Adventures, British Columbia, Fall 2019 Jupiter returned to British Columbia during a rare alignment of U.S. and Canadian long holiday weekends, separated only by their sanctioned orthographies – Labor / Labour Day. A visit was ... Read more
Rewinding Time
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019 Circumnavigating anyplace anti-clockwise: the earth, a continent, or Vancouver Island is metaphorically provocative, and Jupiter’s summer orbit carried the little ship backwards to remote places moored firmly in past times. ... Read more
Hooked
Adventures, British Columbia, Cuisine, Summer 2019 During the past weeks we noted an increase in fishing boats prowling with purpose around rocky points and promontories like underdressed men trying to access an exclusive nightclub. Why? Salmon ... Read more
Boardwalk Empires
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019 “Come on in, and welcome!” came the quick, anonymous reply on VHF channel 14 after Jupiter’s crew called about moorage at the Kyuquot public wharf. Finding space at the float, ... Read more
Where the Sea Used to Be
Adventures, British Columbia, Summer 2019 West Coast geography, in all its igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic geology bears the effects of the great Pacific Ocean force far more than the seashore of the Inside Passage. Tides ... Read more