For most on board it was our first experience through this waterway. We were lucky and sailed through during the day & stopped only for a few hours awaiting traffic at the Cucaracha tie up station. Once southbound traffic cleared, we were off across the Continental Divide onto Gatun Lake and through the last series of locks. Scenery was beautiful, we even saw an alligator or two. The mass construction project of the new Panama Canal was also well underway. I hope you enjoy a few pictures we took as we passed through...
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| Bridge of Americas, Pacific Entry to Panama Canal |
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| Line Handlers and Bosun's Joining just under the bridge, all 17 line handlers and 2 Bosun's |
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| Approaching the Miraflores Locks |
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| Ok, are you ready, wait do we have enough men here?? |
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| Row boat to pull us through the locks... |
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| Entering the first Northbound (Pacific-Atlantic) locks "Miraflores" |
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| Locomotives "Mules" that hook up with steel cables and hold us in position in the locks, 4 on each end with 2 per side |
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| Good work if you can get it! |
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| In Position Lock 1 Miraflores |
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| Construction of the "New" canal |
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| Pedro Miguel Locks |
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| Getting ready to tie on the mules for the Pedro Miguel Locks |
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| Just left the Pedro Miguel Locks |
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| Centennial Bridge |
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| Cucaracha Tie Up station awaiting traffic |
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| Car Carrier that passed while we were waiting |
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| Departing Cucaracha |
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| Entrance to the last set of locks "Gatun" |
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| And of course at the last locks "Gatun" it's canal weather... "RAIN" |
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| Entering Gatun, mules holding us in place |
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| Keeping attached as we go down |
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