Alex asked me to post a ships log for today since he is still in transit.
I spoke with Alex several times this evening and all has gone very well. They made it through the final lock at Gatun around 19:40 Central Time. After the last lock, they were moving toward an overnight anchorage in the lake. Tomorrow morning around 0700, they will begin the last leg of the crossing that will take them under Centennial Bridge and through the Mira Flores lock.
I have an application running during Alex’s transit that is capturing still images from the web cameras available at http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html. These images then get stitched together to make a short movie showing the lock operation. You can watch Namaste go through the Gatun lock by clicking this link: /Portals/0/Blog/gatun-movie.gif (2MB). Watch for the two sailboats at the right side of the image.
I’ll have more movies for the next two sections of the canal transit in the next day or two.
David
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