SV Panta Rhei Retirement Trip

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?

Eden to Jervis Bay

02 April 2015 | Enroute to Jervis

Larry Nelson

Well, we got fuel, washed the boat, and bought line to construct a new flag halyard. Then everything went sideways because the freezer "ran away". It simply couldn't get down to the shut off temperature so it ran all night. This kills the batteries, makes noise, and generally aggravates the captain. The sight glass for the refrigerant was a ball of ice. The suction line was a white frost line about 2 inches in diameter. We had sufficient refrigerant, and no apparent blockages (worry was the dryer filter). Of course we hadn't defrosted in about 6 months, ... there is that. So we defrosted. I found the temperature sensor had slipped downward about 4 inches from its design position in the center of the cold plate. Hmmm. Maybe that was the problem? We designed a new method for holding the sensor in position and reinstalled the sensors in both the refrigerator and the freezer. Why did it take us 15 years to figure out we needed to do this? Good question. But it happens a lot on boats.

We got the problem under control in time to go north in the new "weather window". The best port on the coast appears to be Jervis bay (recommended by Brett) which is 136 nm north of Eden. That's an overnight passage. We planned it close in the the coast to avoid the East Australian Current that carried Nemo on his voyage. So, that is where we are right now. Seas are generally moderate. Unfortunately the winds are a little too moderate so far. That is forecast to change and then we can shut off the engine.

The picture is of a walk under fern trees in Tasmania. It was simply wonderful.

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