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
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?
Cheetos for breakfast?
Karen, however, hates to waste food. And we had bananas that were over-ripe. Now we have banana nut bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's good, but thank goodness we ran out of bananas.
We are making spectacular progress while running directly downwind. If the wind holds, we'll make this a 4 day passage. Right now we have 170 nm to go. That is just about the number of miles that we are making daily.
While we zoom toward Suvarov Islalnd we read books on watch. I just finished one called "Why Nations Fail". Interesting reading from a perspective different than my high school history class. A lot of the books I'm reading are recently written. I wish I had read them when I was younger. The perspective would have helped a lot. Of course, they weren't available then. See, lots of things are getting better!
While on watch I noticed that the steering had developed a klunk when the wheel reversed direction? I crawled back to look and found a 5 inch long bolt that passes through the center of the rudder stock that had backed out after its nut had fallen off. Its back in now and the steering doesn't go klunk any more. I worry about things like this happening in the middle of the night and in difficult seas. Who wouldn't?
Miles to go 170 Solar Power yesterday 90 AHr (2.4 KW Hr)
