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?
We are at the dock in King Cove Alaska
This town is small and isolated. They have a big airport but no road to it! There is 7 miles of national park that hasn't been breached with a road. Geez. Boat travel in this part of the world is frequently hazardous.
So we thought that when we arrived after standing watch all night, we would go to the local restaurant for coffee and breakfast. We thought the restaurant would be warm and in fact the social center of town. But not here. The one restaurant doesn't open until after noon. And it is a long cold walk to get there.
But the bigger problem is that the inlet where the harbor is located has a local wind that is STRONG. It was blowing 28 knots when we came to the dock. And it was across the dock, not along it. The harbormaster seems to think it will ease by morning. Cross fingers. We don't want any drama when leaving.
The big news here is that sockeye are in season. You get sockeye by net. They don't really bite what I have to offer. And Sockeye is a rich red salmon, highly prized. So we want one. The harbormaster says that a "bow picker" will come in this evening and we can get a Sockeye from him. We will try it.
