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?
A crowded busy place
The priority here has been to get the watermaker repaired. In emails with Rob Sicade (SV Yohelah) we came to the conclusion that the problem was the Clark Pump. There is a local Spectra rep that can repair it, but he wanted us to deliver it to him. That's not so hard and it is at his shop now. Tomorrow he will fix it.....I hope i HOPE. Meanwhile our water tanks are going down steadily. This has to happen fast and then we will resume our more normal pace.
But of course the weather doesn't pay any attention to all our priorities. As we were working on getting our watermaker out of the boat a near gale passed through the anchorage. Boats were dragging anchor and searching for new homes and we sat and worried. We put out more chain and added our bridle (which didn't seem so necessary when the wind was 5 knots!). There is a coral shelf just behind our boat. Of course there are coral shelfs all around our boat,...this one is just closer. We have a respectful distance, other boats are closer than us. We took our pump in when the seas were so rough that we had to sit in the bottom of the dinghy to make the passage. This was something we needed to get delivered in spite of the difficult sea conditions. On the way we passed a workboat taking out another anchor for a superyacht (maybe a 180 foot sailboat...huge). I decided my worries weren't so great as his. The marina is med moored boats spaced bumper to bumper against one another. They were banging into one another with great force. Ouch. As bad as being at anchor is, I'd say being in the marina is worse. Of course it would be worse with electricity and water so there is that....
