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.

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.

Transiting the Panama Canal
 

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.

Transiting the Panama Canal
 

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.

Transiting the Panama Canal
 

wrote:
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.