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?

Fo Fo lunch followed by full on Kansas Meat and Potatoes

18 April 2012 | Enroute to Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia from Galapagos
Larry Nelson
What do you do with all your time when on a passage? Well, we have options: (1) you can sit and stare at the hole in the mainsail, (2) you can worship your speed indicator (the holy mary's begin at 6 kn...this is the racer option, (3) you can clean all the orifices in the stove, (4) watch a movie, (5) read a book, (6) make difficult things like California rolls with avocado and cucumber for lunch and Pork Chops, Waldorf Salad, Broccoli with cheese sauce, and green salad for dinner, (7) take time for a conversation between the crew, (8) run the gen set, (9) plan for a serial shower (one at a time but one after another to minimize clean up work. Its important to all smell bad in synchrony.), (10) look for land (none found), (11) find a ship (closest point of approach was 8 mi). We did all these things and more yesterday and it made us tired so then we all took naps.

The trade winds appear to have arrived. We have had 10-13 kn all day and all night and we hope it continues. It's been on the beam (which creates a tip to the living attitude) but wind on the beam stabilizes the boat in roll. The seas have been bigger than we expected but as we enter the trade winds they are decreasing a little. There is still substantial boat motion and noise. Today dawns with a clear sky, leading to hope of lots of sun energy and perhaps a good time to make more water. We're down about 100 gallons now and if we take showers we should be making more water.

As I write this it is about 6:30 am and coffee is brewing. Katie, Kent and I like our morning coffee in the cockpit where the wind keeps us cool while we drink the hot liquid. Below decks coffee heats us up too much. It's first light outside so we can sit in the cockpit with our shirts off and that actually comes close to making us cold. As the sun rises we'll have to put on our shirts for sun protection. We hang them up at night to dry out but by now they can almost stand up by themselves without external support.

Trip log 11979 nm Miles to go 2528 Miles since departure: 622 Solar output for the day 119 A Hr (3.39 kW-Hr) Speed 6.1 kn Course 256M
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