on the horizon line travel blog panama canal transit in sailboat

Panama Canal (Take Two): Watch Us In Action Tomorrow!

on the horizon line travel blog panama canal transit in sailboat

After 9 days on this dock in Shelter Bay Marina, Llyr is finally ready to head to the Pacific.  Our slated Panama Canal crossing is set for tomorrow, April 20th, at 3:45pm.  Rob and I are the resident experts aboard after our crossing earlier this week, and are primed to avoid the monkey’s fist and keep lines tight during round two.

Want to watch us in the Canal?  You can click here to see us via a live webcam in the 3 different Gatun Locks on Saturday between 3:45pm and 6:00pm.  If you miss that, we’ll be in the Miraflores Lock between 11:00am and 1:00pm on Sunday.  These are the local Panama times, and I believe we are in the same time zone as Chicago (honestly, though, keeping track of time zones has been a low priority for Rob and I this first month of traveling).

Llyr under sail - on the horizon line with rob and bri

Just click the tabs on the website corresponding to those two lock names, and we’ll be in the lime green sailboat with 2 masts.  We might be rafted up with other boats, or all on our own.  Either way, we’ll definitely look small next to the giant cargo ships!  Rob might moon the camera, but no promises.

After we get through the Canal, blog posts will be fewer.  It doesn’t mean we aren’t writing a lot, and thinking about all of you — it just means internet gets spotty, and we have to focus on riding the wind and waves for the next month.

on the horizon line travel blog panama canal transit in sailboat

Rob’s favorite pre-Canal crossing project: welding the kayak to fix the giant rip in its bow. Hopefully we won’t need to fix any new holes after our Canal transit.

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