How to transit the Panama Canal by SAILBOAT and how much $$ (No time lapse)

01 March 2023 is the day we Transit the Panama Canal with our tiny sailboat. We explain how much it costs to go through and show you how you have to go through safeley. It is the experience of a lifetime and we did not want to miss it.
episode 59
00:00 Intro
00:51 The day before the panama canal tranist
03:47 03:00 AM let´s start
07:24 The first chamber
12:28 Final chamber first locks
14:31 Gatun lake
15:46 How much did we pay to transit the canal
18:10 time lapse to the final locks
19:02 Miraflores Lake
21:41 The doors to the pacific
22:20 Where it almost gone wrong
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We are Bart, Kim and Liz and we are sailing around the world!
We met on a sailing school (Zeilschool de Veenhoop) in the Netherlands, where we were both sailing instructors. We were both in love with sailing and soon after we were in love with each other ;)
After a lot of traveling and rental boats we decided to buy our own sailing yacht. In 2018 we became the proud owners of 'Tranquillity' a Scanmar 33 foot sailing vessel built in Sweden in 1985! Not really a blue water cruiser but a small, tiny and sturdy boat and we love her!
After 3 years of sailing holidays we decided to take the big step and plan to start sailing the world. Minor hick-up we became parents on 19-02-2019 of Liz!
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[@Keesvanvooren3207]

Moet die koter niet naar school en jullie aan t werk hier in Nederland?

[@CarinBultSchreuders]

Bemoei je lekker met je eigen zaken en laat deze mensen hun eigen weg volgen. Prachtig!

[@windwaterandSandra572]

@@CarinBultSchreuders ah joh, dat meent hij vast niet serieus!!!!

[@JackLoveAsia]

OMG much more expensive than I thought but probably a one time experience during our life ! Thank you for sharing this video.

[@SVTranquillity]

Yes very expensive indeed and costs are only rising in the future unfortunately. But it was a memorable experience🙂

[@windwaterandSandra572]

Hartstikke goed jongens!!! Ik heb veel video's gezien van kanaal passages, maar jullie hebben het zo duidelijk uitgelegd. Super. Op naar het volgende avontuur.

[@SVTranquillity]

Dank je wel!😃

[@BrettKittle]

3 o' clock tomorrow morning.

[@elbertwaller2]

what an utterly impressive video! very cool to see your passage and oh my what an expensive adventure! good luck on the first crossing!

[@BrettKittle]

I enjoyed your video,well done!

[@SVTranquillity]

Thanks Brett!

[@tinekesommeling5814]

Prachtige trip!

[@SailingStormvogel]

Nice! Have fun!

[@Moamanly]

"At 3am tomorrow " I would say. {You know it is 'morning' because you have used "a.m."}

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

Ok. Subscribed. I want to to see your passage to and adventures beyond Galapagos. Going back to catch up on your initial vids. And... LOTS of LIZ please!

[@SVTranquillity]

Thank you mate! Nice to have you on board😀

[@Hartmut-58GradNord]

Exciting trip! So far we just travelled in the Göta Kanal with our former boat, a Becker 27, which was exciting, too, as we never had done it before. It took 2 days and we were traveling together with three other sailing vessels, all much bigger than ours. At one of the last locks the huge boat next to us got caught by sidewinds and almost crushed our little vessel... but we made it out alive and without any damage on the boat 😅 . That's so cool that you now enter the Pacific Ocean - wow!!!! Good luck!!

[@garyeickmann511]

Great video this week!👍 I’m happy that you included the times that events took place. We are wishing for a single day transit. It’s nice to have an idea when we have to have the meals ready and when we can expect to arrive in La playita.Hope you have a wonderful sail to FP. Fair winds Gary and Ena S/V Divergent

[@SVTranquillity]

Thanks Gary! How are you doing? We had a great crossing to FP!

[@garyeickmann511]

@@SVTranquillity glad to here you have arrived 👍we are doing well we transit in one day so that was nice we took my mother and Ena’s mother on the canal transit then to a couple anchorages before they flew home. Now we are leaving Panama today and arriving in Golfito Costa Rica this afternoon. I’m sure you will enjoy your time in FP😀all our best to your whole family. Gary and Ena S/V Divergent

[@svsilkap]

We were curious about the new 2023 agent fees, lines etc. We crossed the canal in october 2022 and lines, fenders, agent fees and handliners were less expenssive. Wouah, we thought only toll fees changed, but looks like everyone is hungry for $$$. Which agent did you have?

[@SVTranquillity]

Oh yes panama and galapagos will do eveything they can to get your dollars. The exit zarpe has gone up 100 dollar as well. We used Erick as our agent.

[@thomasjohannsen1997]

Great video, thanks a lot. It is about 3000,- USD for the passage right? That's a lot of money for a sailing vessel to pass a canal 😕

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

Less than perhaps sailing around Cape Horn! And cheaper than the Corinth canal on a per km basis.

[@thomasjohannsen1997]

@@rickkwitkoski1976 yes of course there is not really an alternative so they can basically charge almost as much as they want 🤷‍♂️