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
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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?

Hike to a waterfall with a swimming pool below

07 May 2012 | Enroute to Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia from Galapagos
Larry Nelson
My neck hurts from looking up. We walked up this valley, surrounded by vertical crumbly rock spires and walls. It's green everywhere, even on the vertical rock. Some rocks look like terraced gardens. There are "fields" of coconut trees and bananas. We are hiking on a simple concrete one lane road. Then we branch off onto a dirt trail (mud actually) and past a house that likes dogs. Oh, how they bark. They are the "landmark". On we go into the jungle and the road becomes an overgrown trail. All grass. Do they have snakes here? They have something that makes the grass move in front of me... Eventually we reach some rock cairns. Those mark the trail. Its a steep uneven "trail" through a jungle. Only a few rock cairns mark the path but we keep going. Eventually we come to the waterfall. It is about 150 feet high with a rock wall around 3/4 of a circle. Under that rock wall is the pool of fresh water. It is a perfect temperature...probably around 75 or 80F. Wow, does this feel good or what. And the views are absolutely awesome. Karen and I swim and lay in the sun until time go go home to the boat. We did this in shifts...first Kent and Katie while we watched the boat, then Larry and Karen while Kent and Katie watched the boat.

On the way back we were stopped by the Police. He only spoke french which made it pretty tough for him to make clear that we had to go to Hiva Oa and do our check in. We said we would do it tomorrow and he seemed to think that was the best he could do. There is a story not yet completely told about another boat SV Lightspeed that has been given some sort of ticket for them to clear up in Papette. We don't know what it means but we will hope to avoid it ourselves. In the meantime we are having a great time in paradise at the end of a very long passage.

Tonight we are going into town for a dinner ashore which a local is preparing for us. It appears to be how they do a "restaurant". With luck we'll report back on that experience tomorrow. I don't know if we will have goat. They have been shooting them today. You may think this is easy, and the shooting part probably is. But the getting after the shooting is nontrivial. We like watching the goats and really aren't very happy about this, so we cheer for the goats. We've seen some absolutely amazing goat acrobatics among the rocks.
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