Well I am sorry to hear the reap you guys... You will still have all this beautiful memories of your journey. I hope you are doing great!!! thanks for sharing your experience...
what a beautifull adventure you are showing us on the honeymoon. thank you so much . we would love to see more of your trips ...its so much better then the rubbish on our tv...its real and honest ,living a dream on the oacean wave.
thanks for all the work it took to do you video editing in all 31 videos...it makes it an easy way to travel in your shadows...very nice of you to post this...thanks
Love love love your trip vids it's just to cool and man you sure know how to put vids together perfect music and all thank you for sharing your great memories with us
I love watching you guys as a new subscriber from around 3 months ago and have watched aporox 6 of your videos this far. You are taking me places I never would have seen ever in my lifetime. Thank you for posting and sharing with the world you guy's! ( and one doll ! :)
Man talk about the time of your life that all looks like so much fun and what a beautifull video I've always dreamed of doing what you two did on your trips,and talk about being brave I bet some of those storms got pretty scary but you managed it well and tackled the trip
Well would you look at that, 6 people accidentally hit the dislike button. loved the journey comrades,me and my woman are planing on buying a sailboat after this fire season. looking forward to learning and traveling. Cheers
Hi rbarnesy - yes, the Panama Canal Authority requires you to have a licensed advisor aboard for all transits, regardless of size. You also have to pay a buffer fee that you forfeit should you delay their schedule or cause any damage to the locks. See our blog for more info on how to take your own boat through (link is listed above in the video comments). Thanks for watching!
Depends on the size of your boat, but for us it was approximately $850. Unfortunately our agent ripped us off and refused to return our buffer, so we lost another $850 dollers, so don't use Y&J Yachts. But normally it is fairly affordable (considering how much time the crossing saves you!).
There are three locks on each side with a giant lake in the middle. In all it took us just under 24 hours (spending the night in the lake after the first transit).
Great video. I was at the canal way back in 87, what I recall most was the humidity and vultures. I have not read the travel log - did you guys go to Taboga Island ?
Pretty cool. I did not know you needed "advisors" for the canal. Is this optional or a boat size thing? I have done a lot of locks in our area including the St-Lawrence seaway and it's pretty much a self done affair.
Wow, that was an awesome video, I just found you and subscribed immediately !!! I intend to watch all of the rest of them right now. My wife and I are leaving Petoskey Michigan on Aug.1st. 2010 and can't wait. You can see some of our 30 day sailing vacation last summer, on my channel. Thanks, Dean
Thanks for all your comments everyone. As a word to the wise, please do not use Y&J Yachts as your agent. They stole our buffer of $850 USD and never paid it back! So much for ethics... Good luck!
Seth and Elizabeth, I've so enjoyed all of your videos. In a way we came to know you two through all your adventures. You guys make a cute couple. There is a small problem in your sail blog "honeymoon" the photos you entered did not you see more, because from June 2012 apple deleted "mobileme", please could reload these pictures? or maybe you can create a fan page "honeymoon" of fb?? Thank you and waiting for your answer.
Yes, we loved it there. It was a little isolated, but we used the free shuttle to go into town and shop, get our paperwork done and explore a bit. Although my main memory was how damn hot and humid it was. Glad we had air conditioning on board!
Hi Syd, from memory the cost was roughly $1,200 to travel through both sides of the canal for our 38 foot boat, which included the advisor. Unfortunately we hired Yara Mandarin as our Agent but she decided to steal our $1,000 "buffer," which is the fee you submit prior to crossing to cover any damages you might make. So if you go, don't hire an agent and tackle it yourself (it's easy!).
Kenyatta Knox Our buffer was roughly $1,200, which was needed to protect the canal for any damage or delay we might cause. Sadly it was not returned despite no damage or delay... The tires are to help protect our boat from the concrete walls, given the intense currents found in the locks. We didn't need them, thankfully, but better safe than sorry (and used tires are cheap!).
