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
23 August 2017 | Prince Rupert
15 August 2017 | Anan Bear Observatory
19 July 2017 | Petersburg, AK
17 June 2017 | Hoonah, AK
03 June 2017 | Seward AK
03 June 2017 | Denali
25 April 2017 | Seward AK
23 March 2017 | Seward, AK
11 March 2017 | Seward, AK
23 January 2017 | Seward AK
06 December 2016 | Seward AK
12 November 2016 | Seward Alaska
14 October 2016 | Valdez, AK
21 September 2016
05 August 2016 | Seward, AK
26 July 2016 | Whittier, AK
19 July 2016 | Valdez, Alaska
05 July 2016 | Seward, Alaska
Recent Blog Posts
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 Geographic Harbor

01 July 2016 | Geographic Harbor, Alaska
Larry
We have arrived in Geographic Harbor (58d5.9mN 154d35.4mW). It has it all. Waterfalls, mountains, snow capped peaks, green alder brush, steep steep hillsides, narrow waterways, islands, calm wind, partial overcast but high so mountains are in full view. But, no bears yet. We arrived at 7:50 am. Their alarms might not have gone off yet.

It feels great to stop. Yup. Engine off. Minimal boat motion. Ohhhh. Nirvana.

We had a strong current against us the whole way. The current data on the map says it can't be so. But it is so and that made the trip a lot longer. But one of us got to sleep and that made the time pass a little quicker when it was our turn.

Our Apple iPhone and Apple iPad decided to revert to a settings mode that locks us out of them until we have internet and can log in to iTunes (or something, since we haven't accomplished it yet). My iPad has my back up gps map. I no longer have a back up. The new surface pro computer that I bought in Honolulu is all we have for navigation. It's working fine, but now I'm running with no back up. Karen's computer has the map, but the ports are not working so I can't hook up the gps. Maybe I could get the map going and plot positions manually. Maybe.

So we are back to plan A, get lucky. We can fix this when we get to Seward. That's IF we get to Seward.

Meanwhile we are looking for bears and fishing. That's what there is to do here.

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