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?

Transiting the Denison Canal

23 March 2015 | Hobart Tasmania
Larry Nelson
We want to head north to Australia. Tasmanians call that the "north island". There is a short cut called the Denison Canal (near Dunalley Tasmania) that saves about 6 hours of transit time. That's time at sea and that probably means we only have two days at sea instead of three. We want to go this way. But the Dunalley Canal is shallow, and it has a bridge that only opens between 8 am and 5 pm. Also, the exit crosses a sand bar which causes breaking wave conditions if there is substantial north east wind. We have to transit the canal during high tide. There are two high tides each day. Saturday has sufficiently good weather (satisfies the breaking wave condition). High tide is at 3:56 am and 5:57 pm. Neither condition occurs when the bridge will open. We can probably go a little early (3pm) since even though it is not the highest point, it is more than 0.8 meter which just barely gives the bridge entrance channel sufficient depth for our boat. If we ground, it will be on a rising tide. No harm will come (we think). And we will float free to try again until 5 pm at which time the bridge closes and we need to clear the channel and try again another day. All this will leave us hopefully moored behind Mariah Island ready for a transit to Eden when weather allows. We might just continue on to Eden without stopping if weather encourages that.

We have had a great summer in Tasmania.
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