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?

Moving in

09 November 2012 | at the dock in Opua New Zealand
Larry Nelson
Wow. This is like no country we have visited before. New Zealand is beautiful and very much like the Pacific Northwest. It was even foggy yesterday morning (great when you are drinking coffee in the cockpit).

For those of you that remember we were at times concerned that all the motoring we did would leave us with fumes only when we arrived in New Zealand. It is now recorded that we arrived with 100 gallons of fuel in the tank (1/2 full). Our new engine really sips fuel and it's a good thing. Fuel here costs $8 NZD per gallon.

We bought a car yesterday! We got a 1998 Lexus. Wow. It's easy to buy a car in New Zealand. By that I mean that there is almost no "process". There is no trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles! The license plates transfer. Our US drivers licenses are valid for driving for about a year. All data about registration and insurance is on line so you aren't required to have any documents (except your driver's license) with you in the car. Insurance is much cheaper than in the US because they have a national medical system so accident costs are about property damage, not people damage. The roads are good and the scenery is breathtaking.

We also bought a new telephone! And we bought a wireless cellular modem for the boat so we can get online with both computers practically anywhere in New Zealand. I'm loving it RIGHT NOW.

Another change is that we have electricity to the boat. And the water is SMOOTH. This dock is awesome!

We're scheduling lots of work for our boat. We have 6 months and it may take that to fix everything!

Also, I want to report that the 240 volt 50 Hz power plan we made when we built the boat is working GREAT. We bring 240 volt 50 Hz power into a 1.5 kW battery charger to keep the batteries charged and then make 60 Hz power with the inverter. We get heat and hot water via the Webasto hot water heating system. Basically, the power on the boat now looks like we are in the US. Everything works as it did before.

Boats that came through the worst of the storm will be arriving today and tomorrow. We're looking forward to hearing "the rest of the story"
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