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Celebrate - Log Day 13 - Amazing Panama Canal Adventure t



The adventure begins with an excellent briefing pre-transit given by Paul Tetlow, including a canal video. Also, Suzana Buraca was there smoothing the way.

The next afternoon was a short stay anchored in the "flats" before the start into the Gatun Locks. Also, our terrific advisers, Ricardo and Irwin, came aboard around 4:30pm and we were off! They were invaluable as the leaders of our Transit Team 2 of 14 boats rafted together in twos and threes to make our way through the locks. We were grateful not to be sharing a lock with the cargo,tankers or cruise ships that use the locks.

At 8pm our great experience of seeing the line handling Locks process and taping oreo cookie packages to the lines to send them to the Canal line handlers was over. Suddenly, we were done with Gatun Locks!

Now, we were so ready to anchor in Gatun Lake, get a hot dinner for the advisors and ourselves, then be ready for the advisors at 6am the next day.

Next, we continue our journey across Gatun Lake passing the Century Bridge and a Smithsonian Nature Preserve toward the Melaflores Locks.

Cathy (with additions from Kat Langenheim)

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