Perspective
Preliminaries Preparing Jupiter for her August debut requires a visit by one of her captains and an engineer. The boat’s general condition must be surveyed, ...
The Adventures Continue
CrowdSourcing
Day 4: Naval Operations The Flotilla is beginning to function like a naval fleet. Orderly on-time departures and comfortable en route formations are now the ...Solar Gain
Day 2: The Sunshine Coast The Flotilla departs the quiet Gulf Islands anchorage, forms a file afloat winding through islets and rock piles to enter ...Mariner Melding
Day 0: Market Madness Ocean Reef Yacht Club mariners arrive at Port Sidney Marina where they are introduced to their charter vessels by captains and ...The Flotilla
Jupiter and her crew rarely cruise in consort with other vessels, however soon we will accompany eight boats with thirty-five mariners aboard for an adventure ...Upwelling
There exists a realm within coastal British Columbia where Vancouver Island appears to have tried and failed to quit the mainland and escape into the ...Singing in the Lifeboat
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” Voltaire, 1757 Upon receiving a surprising diagnosis this spring, one that ...Cool Versus Cold
Jupiter swings lazily at anchor in Hyashi Cove. The temperature is 37° and, under a sagging sky, a grey northwest breeze washes along the decks. ...Wolf Moon
“The wolf moon appears in the dead of winter signaling a time of transformation…” Stina Garbonos, Psychic Astrologer The wolf moon, like every full moon ...Jupiter’s Way to Z
A is for Anchorage, so many, so deep In BC and Alaska ground tackle means sleep B is for Bears, hairy blacks and big brown ...Haze of Days
The goal of the week is to cover ground, or rather seafloor. Timely transit along the upcoast of British Columbia where anchorages are as rare ...Circumnavigation
Margie, an accomplished single-handed sailor, photographer, and a niece, boards Jupiter in Ketchikan. The float plan for her cruise describes a 180nm widdershins circumnavigation of ...
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