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 8: Albatross Abeam! 1717 nm to go
I We started sailing again last night. All through the night we moved quickly but easily under sail. Today the good sailing conditions are continuing and we are moving further into the horse latitudes. Yay.
We discovered that our bimini has bolts that have fallen out! I replaced them the best I could. The threads are wrong so its not a great fix, but at least a bolt is in place if not tight. The radar post has eaten through its aluminum bracket that holds it to the bimini structure. Now it wags a lot more. I'll get it fixed in Dutch Harbor. I'm hopeful that it will make it. I have redundancies in the bimini, but I prefer that they be used to stiffen the structure, not just sustain it. I'm going to use some rope to rig temporary support to help get to Dutch Harbor.
We saw 3 albatross yesterday. They were huge. Then they landed on the water! The seas were smooth. We haven't seen any of the garbage that Rod writes about. Not one piece. Now maybe we aren't looking very hard, but I do look and I never see any of it. It is a very very big ocean.
I hope Rod gets some of this wind. He might have stopped just a little too far south. But maybe ... Surely he will get wind in the next day. Myself, I'm ready for this passage to complete. Waiting at sea as things break is not my idea of a good time. But Rod only has 28 gallons of fuel in his internal tank. Not much. He has added jerry jugs to make it 40 gallons total. That's still not enough.
I had a pot of coffee this morning. It was finally cool enough. Karen is cooking up the bacon with eggs for breakfast. We have lots of bacon left. I hope we can eat it fast enough though with the refrigerator working it is less of a worry. The ham and kielbasa seem to keep a long time. We have a lot of long life milk and now we are able to keep it cold for drinking. Much better. I drink a whole lot of water but eventually you get tired of just water. A little milk tastes great.
Larry and Karen
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