Archive for December, 2008
Friday, December 12th, 2008
Panama Canal Video Teaser
We’re on our way to Taboga island, which is a short hop across the freighter’s anchorage at the mouth of the canal. I’ve been working on a video of our transit. Here’s a small snippet of what I’ve managed to do so far. http://youtube.com/watch?v=dWyXqA9Mnf8
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Just the Crustaceans
A guest posting from dave. Its great to be in a hot country. Its terrific to be visiting on the famous Padma. But the biggest thrill of all is to be guest blogging! Yesterday I asked Chris, “What’s that omnipresent crackling sound?” He replied, “Oh that’s just the crustaceans eating stuff off the hull”. Who [...]
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
The Man Who Came in From the Cold
We have a special guest arriving today. He’s a man of few words (sometimes); I’ll refer to him as Mr. D. We’ll see if we can talk him into guest blogging for us or even better, maybe a guest video. That’s all I’m at liberty to reveal at the moment.
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Crossed the Isthmus of Panama
We didn’t really know what to expect going through the canal. If you read the guidebooks, you’d think it was an impossible feat. Our trip across was amazing and completely relaxing with no mishaps. Agent Stanley did an excellent job. We really didn’t have to worry about anything. Awesome! The line handlers arrived at 4:00 [...]
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
Transiting the Big Ditch: the Yacht Agent, and Transit Date
Our arrangements to transit the canal are moving along quickly. Three days ago we hired yacht agent, ‘Stanley’, who arrived at our slip and plunked down a form down in front of us and said: “Sign here, you don’t have to worry about anything”. Basically, he provides: 10 tires that we use as fenders, four [...]