The adventure of crossing the Panama Canal is as it was the idea: impressive and special, because this channel is obviously made for the huge cargo ships and not for sailboats! In fact, 44 cargo ships (22 in one direction, 22 in another) pass each day. The canal employs 9,000 people, working 24 to 24. We have gone with our friends Mojito and a catamaran Estonian (crew not nice at all for that matter). To access the Gatun Lake, one must spend 3 locks us up by 9 meters each time. Right out of the third lock, we moored on a mooring for the night: us it was 1:30 in the morning ... another pilot returned at 06:30 at night so short! At 07:00 in the morning, we resumed the navigation on the lake for a period of about 5:00 to be at noon in front of the locks, they will allow us to get down ... the Pacific Ocean! We are currently moored next to Isla Flamenco, which is connected to the mainland and we can see the skyscrapers of Panama City.
Arrival of the first pilot - Finally ... entering the lock
The doors close on the Atlantic! - Exit on Lake Gatun
Navigation on Lake Gatun
Miguel Lock ... I smell the Pacific!
Bridge of the Americas, which connects North America with the South - Important excavation, because in 2014 the expansion of the canal and locks must be finished
Miraflores Lock: the output of the ocean the world's largest
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