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?
Chignik is beautiful
Of course the morning dawned bright and sunny which helped. We came in in the middle of the night. There are snow covered peaks right above the town, close up and dramatic. And a cliff wall across the inlet. Below the snow, the hills are green. So, yes, just like all of the Alaska Pennisula. But this is better, probably because of the lighting and the closeness of the snow above the town. The mountains between Sand Point and Chignik are rugged. There are at least a few thousand that must never have been climbed. There appears to be no way to get to them. I'm talking rugged embedded in rugged.
The marina is full of fishing boats. We anchored in the bay. Turns out we anchored pretty close to a fishing boat. I sort of saw him, but he was closer than I thought last night. No worries except that he appears to have drifted right over our anchor! Now think about this: This is a huge bay and I anchored too close to the only other boat anchored out. We are not talking the San Juan Islands here. There aren't many boats. And there are just the two of us anchored out (except for across the bay).
It is calm at our anchorage, but in our path to Geographic Harbor, there are headwinds today. They aren't dangerous, but they would dramatically slow our progress. So we will spend a day finding out what else besides beauty that Chignik has to offer. I'm pretty sure it's not dancing girls. There are no trees. (On the Alaska Pennisula we were told, behind every tree there is a beautiful woman).
So where the devil is Chignik? Try 56d18mN 158d23mW. Use Google Earth.
