Portobello - Kalypso, Dutch Link and Hecla of Uist from the ramparts

Portobello - Tulipano and Windfall at anchor

Miraflores - line handling in progress

Panama Canal Transit - Sea Bunny, Windfall and Kalypso

Kastaway and Coco de Mer - nearly in the Pacific

'Behind you !' - our three, closely followed by a car carrier

Miraflores Lock - team photo

Skipper at work - Graham of Windfall effects repairs

Balboa Yacht Club - Moorings in the Pacific

The Anchorage, Puerto Ayora

Checking the post - Post Office Bay, Floreana

Masked booby colony - Ralliers at rest among the guano. (Note : the boobys are the birds, not the ones wearing the hats!)

Booby watchers!

Sealion watching

Beach landing

Local resident - land iguana

Sealions with Sally Lightfoot (feet?) crabs

Masked Booby and chick. (Note : the name 'booby' is derived from the Spanish word bobo, meaning 'clown')

The pelicans are everywhere

Galapagos perspective - Plazas island

Land expedition - giant tortoise watchers

Each group is divided into 3-yacht 'rafts', securely tied together. Normally the centre yacht provides the main engine power.

The rafts move into the lock :  lines are passed from the outer yachts in each raft to the line handlers on the sides. Winch handlers on these yachts take up  slack as the lock is filled.

By special arrangement, the lock is filled at a much slower rate than usual. The outer yachts may use their engines to stabilise the raft if necessary

Once the lock is completely full, the gates are opened and the group moves on to the next lock until they reach the Pacific, by passing under 'The Bridge of the Americas'.