We are offering a 5-day, 4-night mini-Alaska Adventure for a reduced price of $3,000 per person.  The trip dates are August 12-16, 2018, and the trip begins and ends in…

During the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival this past September, we had the honor to meet another crew member of the Ursa Major, Molly Brooks, from the early 1990s transit…

Since the Ursa Major begin chartering in southeast Alaska in 2000, we have had many wonderful and talented professionals aboard for our Alaska adventure trips.  Gary Luhm, a professional photographer…

Following our charter season in southeast Alaska, we participated in the 41st Annual Wooden Boat Festival, which took place in Port Townsend, Washington September 8-10.   Prior to the festival,…

Mark your calendars!  Following our upcoming season in Alaska, the Ursa Major will once again be part of the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, Washington on September 8-10, 2017,…

Recently, Captain Josh has been in contact with Steve Van Cleve, (Marrowstone Isle, Washington), who worked as the captain aboard the Ursa Major when she transited the Panama Canal in…

Local artist and salmon fisherman Tom Crestodina has just completed his second collection of  drawings of the Ursa Major.  This time, Tom focused on the interior and exterior layout, and...

Happy New Year everyone!  For the past 17 charter seasons aboard the Ursa Major, we had have a wide variety of trawler and boating enthusiasts join us for our annual…

Captain Josh took this drone video while the Ursa Major was anchored at Green Island, British Columbia, on our southbound Inside Passage Trawler Training Trip from Petersburg, Alaska to Seattle,…