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?
Passage Notes 2: Hard To Weather - 2730 nm to go
Sunday May 22, 2016
1428 local time
12d48m N 170d 53m E
making 6.3 knots cog 358m
Winds are 17 knots and we are running hard to weather so the boat is tipped and I'm having trouble staying in place to type this.
Both Karen and I have little clothing on. Yes we have the hatches closed.
I'm beginning to feel a little better. Karen fed me a cup of tomato soup and later a cup of beef stew. I really appreciate her doing this. Its not an easy task. It had been two days since we had eaten. Karen has had some crackers, but that is not much.
It is hot and sunny now. With the refrigerator off, the solar panels just about keep up with the load with enough extra to make it through the night. There is a west setting current here. Our heading is 017 but our course over ground is 003. That made it hard to miss the northern most islands of the Radik Chain. The wind clocked east, fortunately.
Note that we are sailing to weather. This magnifies the roughness of the sea a great deal. All those weather maps that say this is easy need interpretation!
More later.
Larry and Karen
