This was my last look at Panta Rhei as I drove away from the marina. Her back end sticking well out into the fairway as there really was not a slip large enough for her. The new owners are Richard and Adele Collins from a community near near Sudbury just an hour away from the Spanish Marina in the heart of the North Channel. I had been struggling with the thought of selling her for some time. The nine hour drives were terrible but once up there the magic of the North Channel would grab us. The North Channel is the best freshwater cruising found on this planet. We decided there was no other place we wanted to sail so it was a simple plan to stay here as long as possible and sell her when we had enough, In the end, it was challenging customs and tariffs as Trump battled Canada on trade issues, long drives, and new projects popping up at the cabin and wonderful final trip with Don Baker and Barb Smith that made it easy to accept Richard's unsolicited offer. I would have liked wait another year but that would have required us to move the boat back to the States and go through the headaches of listing her.
Owning Panta Rhei and sailing it across the Great Lakes has qualified me to charter boats anywhere in the world. We have plans to charter in the British Virgin Islands with Jon and Marsha and Lynn and John this winter and plans to sail across the Atlantic as a paid member of a crew of 8 in october so I will not be missing out on sailing opportunities.
The opportunity to refurbish Panta Rhei and sail here across the Great Lakes is just another line item in the endless list of things I owe Susan. I can never thank her enough for everything she does and means to me.
Farewell Panta Rhei
Owning Panta Rhei and sailing it across the Great Lakes has qualified me to charter boats anywhere in the world. We have plans to charter in the British Virgin Islands with Jon and Marsha and Lynn and John this winter and plans to sail across the Atlantic as a paid member of a crew of 8 in october so I will not be missing out on sailing opportunities.
The opportunity to refurbish Panta Rhei and sail here across the Great Lakes is just another line item in the endless list of things I owe Susan. I can never thank her enough for everything she does and means to me.
Farewell Panta Rhei