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?

Only the female Sand Flies bite

30 December 2012 | Doubtful Sound
Larry Nelson
We just returned from a trip to Doubtful Sound. Doubtful Sound is south of Milford Sound where we plan to be "tracking" in late February with Tom and Sandy Rousseau. We are here now with Jim and Barbara Cole who are visiting us from Australia. They have kept us too busy! We are touring South Island trying to see it all in the 3 weeks that Jim has off work. It is not a retirement pace, but it has been FUN.

Doubtful sound is hard to reach. We chartered a power boat for an overnight trip through the sound to the Tasman Sea. This region is renown for its difficult weather so we were happy to find that we had picked an excellent boat and a competant captain (Chris Finn) of Deep Cove Charters. There are deer in the area and Captain Chris had some venison (from an earlier hunting trip) in the freezer. We supplemented that with fresh caught Lobster and fresh caught (by Larry) blue cod. The mountains here are nearly vertical and the water is deep. the wind blows in off the Tasman sea in circles that lift wind off the water surface. Some spots are REALLY windy while others are sheltered (depending on the wind direction which changes). The boat had an anchor, but apparently everyone here uses mooring lines bow and stern (for security and boat placement) which facilitates a very tight placement of the boat in tiny clefts of the islands. It was quite secure on the night we spent aboard.

The picture shows Karen holding a lobster which was one of about a dozen we caught in traps. What the picture can't show are the sand flies. In the morning and the evening they are everywhere. I'm told that only the female sand flies bite. My problem is that they are only about 2mm long and I can't see enough detail to determine which sex is sitting on my ankle. Further, I don't really know how to tell the difference if I could see it. Note to Tom and Sandy...bring DEET.
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