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Transiting the Panama Canal
We begin tomorrow (Saturday) at 5:00AM on the tallest, tall ship in
the world. By late afternoon we should have cleared all the locks and will be approaching Balboa on the Pacific (south) end of the canal. Look for us on the canal webcams throughout the day. Our mainmast is 199 feet above the water, one foot short of the Pan American Bridge at dead low tide. We have a 35 minute window in which we have permission to cross under the bridge. If we're late we'll have to anchor until low tide Sunday morning before we can try again. We spent today in the beautiful San Blas Islands of Panama's Caribbean coast. |
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Transiting the Panama Canal
Wayne.B wrote:
We begin tomorrow (Saturday) at 5:00AM on the tallest, tall ship in the world. By late afternoon we should have cleared all the locks and will be approaching Balboa on the Pacific (south) end of the canal. Look for us on the canal webcams throughout the day. Our mainmast is 199 feet above the water, one foot short of the Pan American Bridge at dead low tide. We have a 35 minute window in which we have permission to cross under the bridge. If we're late we'll have to anchor until low tide Sunday morning before we can try again. We spent today in the beautiful San Blas Islands of Panama's Caribbean coast. Sounds great. We cracked up on a couple things in the San Blas islands. First the natives are all 5' or less, and are basketball fanatics. The other thing was seeing the outhouse over the water near the dock and where the kids swim. Price still one dollar for most things? Want a picture of the kid with the parrot? One dollar, etc. |
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On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:03:01 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: We begin tomorrow (Saturday) at 5:00AM on the tallest, tall ship in the world. By late afternoon we should have cleared all the locks and will be approaching Balboa on the Pacific (south) end of the canal. Look for us on the canal webcams throughout the day. Our mainmast is 199 feet above the water, one foot short of the Pan American Bridge at dead low tide. We have a 35 minute window in which we have permission to cross under the bridge. If we're late we'll have to anchor until low tide Sunday morning before we can try again. We spent today in the beautiful San Blas Islands of Panama's Caribbean coast. Sounds great. We cracked up on a couple things in the San Blas islands. First the natives are all 5' or less, and are basketball fanatics. The other thing was seeing the outhouse over the water near the dock and where the kids swim. Price still one dollar for most things? Want a picture of the kid with the parrot? One dollar, etc. === Everything one dollah, that's the running joke of the day here on shipboard. |
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On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:06:11 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote: On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:03:01 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote: Wayne.B wrote: We begin tomorrow (Saturday) at 5:00AM on the tallest, tall ship in the world. By late afternoon we should have cleared all the locks and will be approaching Balboa on the Pacific (south) end of the canal. Look for us on the canal webcams throughout the day. Our mainmast is 199 feet above the water, one foot short of the Pan American Bridge at dead low tide. We have a 35 minute window in which we have permission to cross under the bridge. If we're late we'll have to anchor until low tide Sunday morning before we can try again. We spent today in the beautiful San Blas Islands of Panama's Caribbean coast. Sounds great. We cracked up on a couple things in the San Blas islands. First the natives are all 5' or less, and are basketball fanatics. The other thing was seeing the outhouse over the water near the dock and where the kids swim. Price still one dollar for most things? Want a picture of the kid with the parrot? One dollar, etc. === Everything one dollah, that's the running joke of the day here on shipboard. You can get that at Mallory Square in Key West. Guys who will tell you a $1 joke, do some kind of trick for a dollar, play a song etc. Your trip sounds a lot more interesting tho. |
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On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:06:11 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:03:01 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote: Wayne.B wrote: We begin tomorrow (Saturday) at 5:00AM on the tallest, tall ship in the world. By late afternoon we should have cleared all the locks and will be approaching Balboa on the Pacific (south) end of the canal. Look for us on the canal webcams throughout the day. Our mainmast is 199 feet above the water, one foot short of the Pan American Bridge at dead low tide. We have a 35 minute window in which we have permission to cross under the bridge. If we're late we'll have to anchor until low tide Sunday morning before we can try again. We spent today in the beautiful San Blas Islands of Panama's Caribbean coast. Sounds great. We cracked up on a couple things in the San Blas islands. First the natives are all 5' or less, and are basketball fanatics. The other thing was seeing the outhouse over the water near the dock and where the kids swim. Price still one dollar for most things? Want a picture of the kid with the parrot? One dollar, etc. === Everything one dollah, that's the running joke of the day here on shipboard. You can get that at Mallory Square in Key West. Guys who will tell you a $1 joke, do some kind of trick for a dollar, play a song etc. Your trip sounds a lot more interesting tho. I thought maybe inflation had kicked in. |
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