Wednesday 18 May 2011

Panama Canal - Day 2 (continued)




We passed through the Pedro Miguel lock and dropped another 10 meters. We were rafted to 'Discovery' and another yacht called 'Hakuna Matata'. We unrafted and then joined up again at the famous Mira Flora locks. There were 3 more chambers to pass in this lock before we reached the Pacific Ocean. Things got quite tense as our rafting position was changed and we had to motor in tandem with the other yacht. Ian did very well to steer both boats and we managed to raft up to discovery 3 more times without incident. We owe thanks to the line handlers who had done this before and were good at their job. The photos show the lock slowly opening before we all rush out.

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