Jura
Jura at anchor on still water, with mist on the forested hills behind her

Jura

A Peterson 33 · Built in Sidney, B.C. · Launched 1978

Design
Peterson 33
Designer
Doug Peterson
Builder
Bent Jesperson, Sidney, B.C.
Launched
1978
Looking forward from Jura's cockpit under full sail, the bow lifting over grey water

01 — The log

Jura's logbook

Voyage
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island
Legs
67
Distance
1,087 nm
When
February 2026 to June 2026
Open the log
Jura seen from above, a small white boat among wooded islands in blue water

02 — The voyage

Around Vancouver Island

February to June 2026

Follow the voyage
The upturned timber frames of Jura's hull in the boatshop, 1978

03 — The building

Jura, 1978

The building of a dream, 1978

See how she was built
Crew beneath a red, white and blue spinnaker during the Victoria race

04 — Photographs

Victoria Classic Boat Festival

Photographs by Saba Taghvai · September, 2026

See the photographs

05 — The app

Jura Log

Jura is a modern sailing logbook that does the clerical work for you — the track over real charts, photographs pinned where they were taken — and leaves you the writing. Nothing you record is public until you say so.

Learn about the app
The Jura Log home screen: lifetime totals for Jura and the current voyage, Circumnavigating Vancouver Island The Jura Log tracking screen: a live position on the chart, with speed, distance, time and heading