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?
Zig-zag
Kent tells me this is the 14th day of our trip. We have about another week to go. We're out of lettuce. Since we are running downwind, the wind over the cockpit is light. Perfect for a barbecue. So we had hamburgers without lettuce last night. Karen offered up a cole slaw as a substitute if desired. She also fixed a fresh squash. Pretty tasty, actually.
So what does progress look like on an unchanging sea? We've crossed time zones but the ships clock is still running on Panama time. My watch is darker. I used to get the sunrise, but now that comes right at the end of my watch. We've started to use California ssb stations to pick up our email. They are as close as the Panama station (which we had been using)..The sea has turned to a bright blue. That is, it is bright when the sun shines on it. Near Panama it was more green. We've seen very little sea life compared to what we saw in the Sea of Cortez. I think we are sailing on an "ocean desert". The flying fish and squid land on deck each night though, so there are fish in the sea.
The entire crew can find the southern cross now. Sometimes we can see the southern cross AND the big dipper (for the north star) in the same sky. I didn't know you could do that.
Trip log: 13510 Distance to go: 1008 nm Distance from Wreck Bay: 2142 Solar Outut: 93 AHr (2.418 kWHr)
