8.55n 79.31w

 

Hi All

 

We are currently anchored off Panama City. The last few days have been provisioning for the next 6 months. The boat is 6 inches lower in the water, the freezer is packed to the brim, there is 100 lts of wine onboard, beer, Gin and food of course.

We leave tomorrow for the Galapagos. There is very little wind so it could be a hard sail/motor to get there, but we not waiting for wind as time for fun is limited.

 

Here are some pics from the transit.

 

This was our lock buddy for the up hill transit

 

On the left is a massive freighter coming down and our ship entering the first canal

 

the lock gates closing on the 1st lock

 

 

We were rafted to katyC so we line handled 1 side and they did the other

 

 

Aisling and Malcolm line handled for us, Cal obviously very involved.

Not sure if this is some sort of history....but Cal lost one of his baby teeth going through the locks

 

 

 

Exiting the last lock, from here we anchored for the night before the balance of the transit the next morning

 

 

Lots of island litter the lake as they were hills before lake Gatun was built