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?
The maintenance cycle is complete
We will take a moment here to pay tribute to Rafael Serrano and Bob Bucanan who were the principal technicians that got all this done. These two men run Total Yacht Works and their banner says "We fix boats". By that, they mean EVERYTHING that can go wrong on a boat. Panta Rhei has a good percentage of those things to test the breadth of their skills. They fixed the windlass, the bow thruster, the hydraulic vang, the scuba compressor, the refrigerator motor, and the engine (we got a new one). That "to do" list spans a considerable list of required skills. They do in 10 minutes what would take me an hour and they do it better than I ever could. So what have we learned? You can get top quality boat work done here in Mexico at affordable rates. And when you are done, you get a T shirt and a hat. We'll wear ours with pride and give positive testimony for Total Yacht Works. We were here in April and now in January. Both experiences were excellent.
And while all this was happening, our crew Ed and Connie Quesada returned from Santa Ana, CA. Ed and Connie are the couple that went with us to the Copper Canyon. Tomorrow morning we're all leaving on SV Panta Rhei. SV Sirena (Ed and Connie's boat) will wait in Mazatlan while together we travel to the Galapagos via Central America and Panama. Ed is not only an accomplished sailor, he is also fluent in Spanish. That's a pretty good deal, getting crew that can double as tour guides.
So, you might wonder, why crew? Well, besides the obvious fun when we travel with friends, by having a crew of 4 everyone can stand a 3 hour watch and still get a full night of sleep. This solves the problem of sleep deprivation which is the toughest problem remaining aboard Panta Rhei. Total Yacht Works fixed the rest of the problems.
The picture shows the whole crew of SV Panta Rhei for the trip to the Galapagos.
Watch our position on the map change (see it at the bottom of the blog). We're going to be going fairly quickly south since our departure is WAYYY late.
