Panama City skyline from the Amador causeway.
Obelisk near the Balboa Yacht Club.
View from the observation deck at the museum at Miraflores.
Pacific anchorage at Balboa.
The morning of our transit - Mark coordinating our transit on the VHF with Flamenco Signal Station.
The morning of our transit - our friend and line-handler, Rene from Bella.
The morning of our transit - our friend and line-handler, Dave from Bella.
The morning of our transit - our friend and line-handler, Brad from Cairngorm.
The ACP launch carrying our adviser approaches Attu at Playita at the canal entrance.
The Bridge of the Americas over the canal.
A container ship entering the canal ahead of us.
Entering the Panama Canal, we head for the Bridge of Americas and the first two locks at Miraflores.
Brad and Dave waiting before we enter the Miraflores Locks.
The Miraflores Lockhouse.
The museum and observation deck at Miraflores.
The car carrier up-locking ahead of us at Miraflores.
The ACP tug Cocle enroute to the locks.
Cocle and Colon positioning the General Delgado at Miraflores.
General Delgado entering the enter the first set of locks.
View of the General Delgado in the locks at Miraflores.
Attu entering the locks behind the General and her tugs.
Four 125' lines keep Attu 'center-chamber' while we wait for the General and tugs to move into the next lock.
Preparing for some light prop-wash turbulence from the tugs.
View from the second lock at Miraflores, looking back toward Balboa.
A blast helps excavate rock for the new canal near Pedro Miguel.
Rene tailing a stern-line at Pedro Miguel.
Having cleared the third lock at Pedro Miguel, we pass the General Delgado and begin our dash to Lake Gatun.
Approaching the Centenario Bridge.
In the Gaillard Cut - ACP advisers Moises and Max with Brad and Dave.
Rain near the Chagres crossing - Max, Moises, and Mark.
Due to an ACP schedule change we are directed to spend the night on a mooring at Gatun Lake, accompanied by a dozen ships.
Rainy day on Lake Gatun - Rene and Dave playing farkel on Attu.
Brad and Mark playing farkel.
Rene and Dave playing chess on Lake Gatun.
Approaching the Gatun Locks.
Mark and ACP adviser Vincent.
In the Gatun Locks - Attu rafted up with Elusive, a boat from San Francisco that spent two nights on Gatun.
The crew on Elusive (adviser, Dick, Mike, and Carol.)
Ivan tending the bowline on Elusive as we down-lock at Gatun.
Container ship Yellow Sea in the east locks next to us at Gatun.
An ACP linehandler at the Gatun Locks.
An ACP mule tending the Yellow Sea in the neighboring locks.
Containers aboard the Yellow Sea at the Gatun Locks.
ACP employees waive from above as we downlock at Gatun.
Entering the final chamber at Gatun.
Looking toward the Caribbean from the last lock at Gatun.
Waiting for the lock doors to open at Gatun.
Leaving the locks and making our way to the Flats in Colon.
The Yellow Sea departing the Gatun Locks.
Mike and Ivan coiling lines on Elusive.
Teamwork - Rene and Dave coiling lines on Attu.
Brad coiling lines as Mark steers Attu out of the locks and into Caribbean waters.
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