15:00    Arrived at the flats to await pilot at 16:00

18:00    pilot arrived

18:30    on waiting pontoon by lock gates â 2 huge alligators on a mud bank, another in the water

rafted up with small French boat to port and catamaran to starboard, so we provided the motor power and steering from the middle

Engine leaking water from pump attachment â bilge pump in use

1900    In lock behind ship Xiang Amcheng

19:23    Second lock

19:42    Third lock â bilge pump stopped working â Bernie to the hand pump

20:43    Moored to buoy in Lake Gatun - French sitting in cockpit drinking and eating

21:30    John A has fixed bilge pump â now in engine with gaffer tape â Bernie cooking dinner

 

Due to start again 06:00 (Panamanian time)