Tuesday 25 February 2014
Two hours later and we’re still sitting waiting for a pilot! Strange sitting on a lake with six ships also waiting. Part of the Panama Canal transit agreement is that you have to provide the pilot with a meal. And that’s a cooked breakfast this morning! We did have a chuckle last night when our…
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Good morning from Gatun Lake where we woke at 5:30am. We have been told to expect our Pacific pilot advisor at 6am but the departing Atlantic pilot was highly sceptical about that happening so early! Next to us are three catamarans who are less amused as they were all transitted together and the two outside…
Tuesday 25 February 2014
It’s 1845 local time and we are approaching the first lock. We are behind a large blue and red ship and are the only yacht – so you won’t be able to miss us! Due to enter the lock at 1900 local time.
Monday 24 February 2014
So a few people have shown interest in trying to spot Adina on the Panama Canal webcams. The link is here: https://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html There are webcams at the Gatun Locks (ascent), Miraflores Locks (descent) and the Centennial Bridge at the exit. We expect to arrive at the locks themselves around 7.30pm (past midnight UK) today. Yesterday…
Monday 24 February 2014
2014 marks the centenary of the Panama Canal opening and Adina gets to transit it for the first time! In preparation for our transit we’ve been doing a little bit of the good old studying of the history and workings of the canal, and for the curious amongst you we thought it would be good…
Saturday 22 February 2014
Just a quick update from ‘Project Adina Panama Canal Transit’. It’s all going very smoothly if truth be told. Almost too good to be true! The Partridge and Plume decided to tackle getting a transit by doing it themselves rather than shelving out money to an agent. We researched it and with Susie being able…
Tuesday 18 February 2014
So after a brief stop in Portobelo (nothing too exciting to be really honest), we are now in Shelter Bay Marina, in Colon excitedly preparing for our Panama Canal transit. Well not just that, we have to provision for the transit, a few days in the Las Perlas islands, a crossing to Galapagos, 3 weeks…