SV Panta Rhei Retirement Trip

Vessel Name: Panta Rhei
Vessel Make/Model: Able Apogee 50
Hailing Port: Seattle
Crew: Larry and Karen
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18 September 2017 | Seattle
23 August 2017 | Prince Rupert
15 August 2017 | Anan Bear Observatory
19 July 2017 | Petersburg, AK
17 June 2017 | Hoonah, AK
03 June 2017 | Seward AK
03 June 2017 | Denali
25 April 2017 | Seward AK
23 March 2017 | Seward, AK
11 March 2017 | Seward, AK
23 January 2017 | Seward AK
06 December 2016 | Seward AK
12 November 2016 | Seward Alaska
14 October 2016 | Valdez, AK
21 September 2016
05 August 2016 | Seward, AK
26 July 2016 | Whittier, AK
19 July 2016 | Valdez, Alaska
05 July 2016 | Seward, Alaska
Recent Blog Posts
18 September 2017 | Seattle

We are back in Seattle

It feels like home. Of course we are not in Silshole. Maybe we will be, someday, but there is a list and we are on it. In the meantime we are at Bainbridge Island Marina.

23 August 2017 | Prince Rupert

The dinghy holds air again

It wasn't very nice of the bear to tear the fabric across a seam. We were worried that we couldn't patch it but tried anyway. The glue had a job to do and it did it!

15 August 2017 | Anan Bear Observatory

A Grizzly Bear damaged our dinghy

We were visiting the Anan Bear Observatory south of Wrangell. It is one of the best places to visit in all of SE Alaska BECAUSE it has bears. But (as we learned) there is a dark side to this bear concentration. And of course, there is a story to tell.

19 July 2017 | Petersburg, AK

Moving On

"No matter where you go, there you are" (unknown reference). By now we have been there and done that. Most recently that included Cannery Cove on Admiralty Island. The photo shows the quiet grandeur of the setting with Ron and Suzie's boat SV Tango in the foreground. It has been like that for the last [...]

17 June 2017 | Hoonah, AK

We are in Hoonah, SE Alaska now

We got something resembling a high pressure ridge so we moved expeditously across the Gulf of Alaska. The crossing took three days and weather stayed as forecast. That was a very good thing. The weather changes in the far north far more rapidly and dramatically than we ever experienced in the more southern [...]

03 June 2017 | Seward AK

Crossing the Gulf of Alaska

We are still in Seward, AK. Now that spring has come, why not start south?

Sunday Morning sailing

15 April 2012 | Enroute to Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia from Galapagos
Larry Nelson
It's not so different than it would have been back home in Seattle. We're up early on Sunday morning and cooking breakfast. We've had a great night in which the wind has kept us moving. Sometimes that moving was pretty slow but in a region of uncertain wind we are happy with what we have. The boat is quiet under sail and the seas are easy on us in light wind. It rained a little on Karen's watch. The radar showed thunderstorms all around us. There wasn't much lightning though.

I started the gen set this morning and right away Karen was up. Can I vacuum? Then Katie. Can I cook breakfast? Then Kent. Where is my coffee?

It's hot here. Our shirts drip when we hang them up at night. We hang them up so they will be dry at least for a while in the morning. We wear shirts to protect against the sun. The cockpit is the place to go though. That has wind which keeps us cool. It's not like Seattle where the wind makes you cold and the wet is from the sky. We take our wet straight out of a bottle and perspire it.

We'll make water today. We may also think about how to deal with the wind direction indicator...it failed around 2 am. I wish it weren't so.

Trip log 11538. nm Heading 194M. SOG 6.1kn Distance to go: 3016 nm Note: the total distance of the passage from Wreck Bay San Cristobal was erroneously reported. It is 3150 nm
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