Scot Free is leaving Shelter Bay this evening and will be transiting the Gatun Locks at approximately 18.30 – 1900 hrs local time (+5 GMT). They will spend the night in the lake and then transit the Miraflores locks at around 11.30-12 noon tomorrow. Island Kea is still on schedule to arrive in Shelter Bay on Sunday.

It will be good to have all the rally together again in Panama City next week. The transits have been an experience, some better than others, as one person said, “It feels like a real adventure entering the Pacific for the first time …quite an emotional thing to do.” Despite the late hour, the boats in the Gatun Lake on Wednesday night were not to be deterred from having a party around the buoy into the small hours!

The wake-up call at 6 a.m. was not so popular though. Miss Tippy won the crocodile spotting competition on the way to Miraflores the next day. They can be seen here transiting the Miraflores with Blue Magic.