Transiting the PANAMA CANAL on our Sailing Catamaran! ⛵️

This week, we take you along for our Panama Canal Transit. We’ve been dreaming of checking this off our bucket list for years! 🙏🏼 Despite many reported delays, our transit date was moved up eight days. We scrambled to get the boat and our crew ready on such short notice. We hired two local professional line handlers and rented long, thick lines and giant fenders. Our Adviser arrived early in the morning, and we immediately got underway! We rafted up with two other sailboats for the first set of locks, crossed Lake Gatun, and then went through two different rafting configurations for the remaining locks, ending with our boat alone in the center of a lock as the doors opened into the Pacific Ocean. 😍 We celebrated once we got the anchor down and reflected on our experience…
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This week, we take you along for our Panama Canal Transit. We’ve been dreaming of checking this off our bucket list for years! 🙏🏼 Despite many reported delays, our transit date was moved up eight days. We scrambled to get the boat and our crew ready on such short notice. We hired two local professional line handlers and rented long, thick lines and giant fenders. Our Adviser arrived early in the morning, and we immediately got underway! We rafted up with two other sailboats for the first set of locks, crossed Lake Gatun, and then went through two different rafting configurations for the remaining locks, ending with our boat alone in the center of a lock as the doors opened into the Pacific Ocean. 😍 We celebrated once we got the anchor down and reflected on our experience… ——————————————————————— ⛵️Join the Crew on Patreon: https://patreon.com/HollyandRay ⚓️Check out our Blog: https://www.svsabado.com 📸Follow us on Instagram: @sv_sabado 🎁Our favorite products: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hollyandray **As Amazon associates, we earn commission from qualifying purchases** 🔋Our LiFePO4 batteries: https://www.altestore.com/?afmc=3e **Affiliate link** Panama Canal Animation: https://youtu.be/9ro-dr6t36g?si=5NG0gUbnyR6mJZJG Holly and Ray have been #sailing together since 2020 on their #catamaran, Sabado. They have sailed the East Coast of the States, the Bahamas, and now the Caribbean! They love documenting #boatlife and their adventures as #liveaboard sailors. Subscribe to tag along! Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/ov4tmg/