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?
Arrived Port Wrangell
Larry cleaned the Sockeye Salmon we were given. It is indeed a BEAUTIFUL fish. Red meat.
It was 92 miles from Chignik to here and the last 15 miles was against 25 knots of wind and building seas. We were very happy to arrive at about 8:45 pm local time. There is light here until about 11:30 pm. Dawn is around 5 am.
Tomorrow the weather looks good for a passage from here to Geographic Harbor. I wish we could linger here. It is perfect and we have it all to ourselves. It is cool out, but the wind is light so I cleaned the fish in just my regular pants and shirt. No fleece. No jacket. There are no trees, but there are scrub alder bushes and mountain meadow heather creating a green base to the mountains. It's overcast but as it happens the mountains go steeply upward from the water so there is no horizon to see the snow covered mountains even if it weren't overcast.
Where is Port Wrangell? 57d03mN 156d37mW Use Google Earth to find it.
The passage to Geographic Harbor is 102 nm. That's a very long day. We will have to start very early to make it in daylight. I've looked for another anchorage midway, but they all come with williwaw warnings, rock warnings, swell warnings, ... you get the idea.
Geographic Harbor ought to have a dark warning!
Larry and Karen
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